"vortex theory" meaning in English

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          "text": "Still, it cannot be denied that the fortunes of vortex theory eclipsed radically with the publication of Newton’s Principia.",
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          "text": "Christiaan Huygens came to doubt the vortex theory “which formerly appeared very likely” to him.",
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