 | Alfred Daniell - 1884 - 684 pages
...AND THE PENDULUM. Law of Gravitation. — Every particle of matter in the Universe is attracted by every other particle with a force varying directly as the mass of each particle, and inversely as the square of the distance between them. We have already seen that... | |
 | James Nasmyth, James Carpenter - Moon - 1885 - 374 pages
...solve the problem we have to appeal to Newton's law of universal gravitation. This law teaches us that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force which is directly proportional to the mass, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance... | |
 | United States. Defense Intelligence Agency - Cartography - 1967 - 266 pages
...Newtonian constant of gravitation — See constant of gravitation. Newton's laws — 1. (gravitation) Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force proportional to the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the distance between them.... | |
 | United States. Army Topographic Command - Cartography - 1969 - 292 pages
...Newtonian constant of gravitation— See constant of gravitation. Newton's laws— 1. (gravitation) Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force proportional to the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the distance between them.... | |
 | 1907 - 506 pages
...since the time of Newton, all the motions of the heavenly bodies have been explained by assuming that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force directly proportionate to the product of the attracting masses and inversely proportional to the square... | |
 | E. T. Copson - Mathematics - 1975 - 292 pages
...mathematical physics, notably in the theory of gravitation. Newton's law of universal gravitation asserts that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force whose direction is that of the line joining them, and whose magnitude varies directly as the product... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1905 - 874 pages
...; this being, of course, only a particular case of Newton's law of gravitation, which tells us that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force which depends on their masses and on the distances which separate them ; the attraction being proportionately... | |
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that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle, with a force whose direction is that of the line joining the two, and whose magnitude is directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of their distances... 
