Timeline of Scientific Discoveries - 12th Century

12th Century

  • 1121 – Al-Khazini: variation of gravitation and gravitational potential energy at a distance; the decrease of air density with altitude
  • Ibn Bajjah (Avempace): discovery of reaction (precursor to Newton's third law of motion)
  • Hibat Allah Abu'l-Barakat al-Baghdaadi (Nathanel): relationship between force and acceleration (a vague foreshadowing of a fundamental law of classical mechanics and a precursor to Newton's second law of motion)
  • Averroes: relationship between force, work and kinetic energy

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