High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Newton's cannonball was a thought experiment Isaac Newton used to hypothesize that the force of gravity was universal, and it was the key force for planetary motion. It appeared in his 1728 book A Treatise of the System of the World.Although not its primary intention, it may be considered the first publication of the concept of space gun, reaching space by cannon.In this experiment Newton visualizes a cannon on top of a very high mountain. If there were no force of gravitation and air resistance is ignored, the cannonball should follow a straight line away from Earth.
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