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The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 1992 43(4):459-486; doi:10.1093/bjps/43.4.459
© 1992 by British Society for the Philosophy of Science
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Theory and Experiment. The Case of Eötvös' Experiments

GIOVANNI BONIOLO

Dipartimento di Science dell' Educazione Università di Padova Piazza Capitaniato, 3 35139 - Padova Italy

By analysing the historical case of the proportionality between inertia and gravitation, it is possible to reconstruct one of the most relevant moments in the history of physics, that is to say, the one linked with Eötvös' experiments. At the same time, this reconstruction offers the opportunity to carry out philosophical considerations about the relationship between theory and experiment and about the concept of incommensurability.


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