[PAR] [TLE] Nicolas Fatio de Duillier [SEP] Nicolas Fatio de Duillier {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (also spelled Faccio or Facio; 16 February 1664 – 12 May 1753) was a Swiss-born mathematician, natural philosopher, and inventor.  He spent much of his adult life in England and Holland.  Fatio is known for his work on the zodiacal light problem in astronomy, for originating the "push" or "shadow" theory of gravitation, for his close association with both Christiaan Huygens and Isaac Newton, and for his role in the Newton v. Leibniz calculus controversy.  He also invented and developed the first method for fabricating jewel bearings for mechanical watches and clocks. [PAR] [TLE] Le Sage's theory of gravitation [SEP] Le Sage's theory of gravitation is a kinetic theory of gravity originally proposed by Nicolas Fatio de Duillier in 1690 and later by Georges-Louis Le Sage in 1748.  The theory proposed a mechanical explanation for Newton's gravitational force in terms of streams of tiny unseen particles (which Le Sage called ultra-mundane corpuscles) impacting all material objects from all directions.  According to this model, any two material bodies partially shield each other from the impinging corpuscles, resulting in a net imbalance in the pressure exerted by the impact of corpuscles on the bodies, tending to drive the bodies together.  This mechanical explanation for gravity never gained widespread acceptance, although it continued to be studied occasionally by physicists until the beginning of the 20th century, by which time it was generally considered to be conclusively discredited.
[PAR] [TLE] Nicolas Fatio de Duillier [ SEP ] Nicolas Fatio de Duillier { ' 1 ' : " , ' 2 ' : " , ' 3 ' : " , ' 4 ' : " } ( also spelled Faccio or Facio ; 16 February 1664 – 12 May 1753 ) was a Swiss - born mathematician , natural philosopher , and inventor . He spent much of his adult life in England and Holland . Fatio is known for his work on the zodiacal light problem in astronomy , for originating the " push " or " shadow " theory of gravitation , for his close association with both Christiaan Huygens and Isaac Newton , and for his role in the Newton v. Leibniz calculus controversy . He also invented and developed the first method for fabricating jewel bearings for mechanical watches and clocks . [PAR] [TLE] Le Sage 's theory of gravitation [ SEP ] Le Sage 's theory of gravitation is a kinetic theory of gravity originally proposed by Nicolas Fatio de Duillier in 1690 and later by Georges - Louis Le Sage in 1748 . The theory proposed a mechanical explanation for Newton 's gravitational force in terms of streams of tiny unseen particles ( which Le Sage called ultra - mundane corpuscles ) impacting all material objects from all directions . According to this model , any two material bodies partially shield each other from the impinging corpuscles , resulting in a net imbalance in the pressure exerted by the impact of corpuscles on the bodies , tending to drive the bodies together . This mechanical explanation for gravity never gained widespread acceptance , although it continued to be studied occasionally by physicists until the beginning of the 20th century , by which time it was generally considered to be conclusively discredited .
Who originated the proposition of the theory of gravitation?
Who originated the proposition of the theory of gravitation ?
Nicolas Fatio de Duillier
Nicolas Fatio de Duillier