Newton's aether-stream hypothesis and the inverse square law of gravitation

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• In a letter to the author, dated 17 January 1969, Professor L. Rosenfeld accepts this interpretation in place of that given in his article Newton and the law of gravitation Archive for History of Exact Sciences 1965 2 365 365 Professor Rosenfeld has also made a reappraisal of Newton's aether hypotheses in a new article, ‘Newton's views on aether and gravitation’, which he has kindly allowed the author to read in typescript.
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