...to 16 times its former amount. The law of gravitation may now be stated generally as follows : — Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force proportional to the product of their masses, and varying inversely as the square of their distance...

...one•half of that for Mticury. century, subsequently discovered the great law of gravity, viz., that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force which is proportional to the inverse square of their distance apart, he showed that two other laws...

...not to attract, (for such a mode of action is, in all cases, absolutely impossible,) but to approach every other particle with a force varying inversely as the square of its distance : that is, two particles or masses, situated at twice the distance from each other, will...

...See resurvey. 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....

...See resurvey. 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....

...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...

...the bodies in a closed system, all the heat lost by the wanner bodies is gained by the colder ones. Law of universal gravitation. Every particle of matter...universe attracts every other particle with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square...

...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...

...; 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...

...the particles of matter varying inversely as the square of the distance." Or, as stated more fully, "every particle of matter in the universe attracts...particle with a force varying inversely as the square of their mutual distances, and directly as the mass of the attracting particles." It will be seen at once...