Year: 1987
Type: article
Abstract: The Newtonian Gravitational Constant, G , has probably been measured more often but, interestingly, with less precision than any other physical constant of fundamental importance. In an effort that has spanned more than a century to connect gravitation to the other forces of nature, over 200 experiments on G have been completed and reported; but many of them have not been reported in what would now be considered to be the open literature. This paper is a third, more complete attempt to carry MacKenzie's and Poynting's bibliographies forward from the 1800's to the present; and thereby include as many as possible of the experimental results on G that have been obtained since 1900.
Source: Metrologia
Author: George T Gillies
Institution: University of Virginia
Language: English
Subfield: Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: University of Virginia
OpenAlex ID: W1974438437