In addition, Newton had formulated in Propositions 43-45 of Book 1, and associated sections of Book 3, a sensitive test of the accuracy of the inverse square law, in which he showed that only where the law of force is accurately as the inverse square of the distance will the directions of orientation of the planets' orbital ellipses stay constant as they are observed to do apart from small effects attributable to inter-planetary perturbations.
Sponsored Topics. Gibson City is a city in Ford County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,407 at the 2010 census. The site of Gibson City was purchased and platted by Jonathan B. Lott in 1869. In 1870, Lott built a home and a post office there, and several stores and an a grain elevator were constructed.
According to our research of Illinois and other state lists there were 12 registered sex offenders living in Gibson City, Illinois as of April 09, 2017. The ratio of number of residents in Gibson City to the number of sex offenders is 283 to 1. Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Champaign, IL (25.1 miles , pop. 67,518).