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. Fourteen Weeks in Descriptive Astronomy - Page 34by Joel Dorman Steele - 1874 - 336 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
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...Kepler's geometrical description of the planetary system by a single comprehensive physical law, the law of gravitation. Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force that varies directly as the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the... | |
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...our necessities, desires and feelings the same in winter as in summer? Newton declared: — "Ktery particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle of matter with a force or power directly proportionate to the quantity of matter in each, and decreasing as the squares of... | |
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...explanations. Newton's proposition referring to the laws of motion and gravitation is worded as follows: — " Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle of matter with a force, or power, directly proportioned to the quantity of matter in each, and decreasing as the squares of... | |
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