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 67by George Forbes - 1909 - 200 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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,'... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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