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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... "
History of Astronomy - Page 67
by George Forbes - 1909 - 200 pages
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Astronomy for Schools and Colleges

Simon Newcomb, Edward Singleton Holden - Astronomy - 1879 - 534 pages
...NEWTON was able to formulate his great law of universal gravitation iu these comprehensive words : " Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force directly as the masses of the two particles, and inversely as the square of the distance which separates...
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The Southern Review, Volume 6

Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - Periodicals - 1869 - 534 pages
...medium of the Philosophia? Naturalls Principia Mathematica. The law of universal gravitation, that 'every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle, with a force directly proportioned to its mass, and inversely to the square of its distance from the particle attracted,'...
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University extension scheme. [2 editions of E.J.C. Morton's introductory ...

Edward John C. Morton - 1880 - 58 pages
...finds it satisfies the facts. | V. — Of the verification of the Law of Gravitation. 1. The Law of Gravitation. Every particle of matter in the Universe...attracts every other particle with a force varying directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of the distance between them....
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A Treatise on Statics: Containing the Fundamental Principles of ...

George Minchin Minchin - Statics - 1880 - 568 pages
...POTENTIAL. SECTION I. Solid Distributions of Matter in General. 241.] Universal Law of Attraction. Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force whose direction is that of the line joining the two particles, and whose magnitude is directly proportional...
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An Empire of Information: Uniting Four Regions of Thought ...

John McGovern - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1880 - 762 pages
...Astronomer, who immediately recognized and promulgated the law of Universal Gravitation, as follows : " Every particle of matter in the Universe attracts every other particle with a force proportional to the quantity of matter contained in each, and decreasing inversely as the squares of...
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Astronomy for Students and General Readers

Simon Newcomb, Edward Singleton Holden - Astronomy - 1880 - 542 pages
...NEWTON was able to formulate his great law of universal gravitation in these comprehensive words : ' ' Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force directly as the masses of the two particles, and inversely as the square of the distance which separates...
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Astronomy for High Schools and Colleges

Simon Newcomb, Edward Singleton Holden - Astronomy - 1881 - 544 pages
...NEWTON was able to formulate his great law of universal gravitation in these comprehensive words : " Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force directly as the masses of the two particles, and inversely as the square of the distance which separates...
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A Popular History of Science

Robert Routledge - Science - 1881 - 748 pages
...all physical laws was finally deduced by Newton, namely, the Law of Gravitation, which affirms that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force which is inversely proportional to the squares of the distances between them. Newton demonstrated that...
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Locke's Conduct of the Understanding

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1881 - 182 pages
...great discovery as to the law of gravitation, when stated precisely, is that every particle of matter attracts every other particle with a force varying inversely as the square of the distance. SECTION XLIV. topical. See note on the expression ' topical argument ' in Sect. 7. These...
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Heroes of Science: Astronomers

Edward John Chalmers Morton - Astronomers - 1882 - 372 pages
...unquestionably the most remarkable discovery ever made by the mind of man. It may be stated as follows : — " Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force varying directly as the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the distance between them."...
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