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What earthbound experiments show gravitation is general to all matter, and not just towards the earth?
I was debating a flat earther and predictably it turned into a debate on gravitation. He said as far as we know, things fall down to the earth, not because its towards the greatest mass. The ...
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Which location on Earth has the strongest deviation from the vertical due to gravity?
So, I've recently learned about the Schiehallion experiment, performed in 1774, where scientists detected the deviation from the vertical of a plumb due to the gravitational attraction of a single ...
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