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
| William Hewitt - 1882 - 254 pages
...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... | |
| Edmund Ledger - Astronomy - 1882 - 490 pages
...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... | |
| 1853 - 330 pages
...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... | |
| United States. Defense Intelligence Agency - Cartography - 1967 - 266 pages
...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.... | |
| United States. Army Topographic Command - Cartography - 1969 - 292 pages
...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.... | |
| 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... | |
| Physics - 1867 - 1174 pages
...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... | |
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