 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...  Elements of Natural Philosophy - Page 161by William Thomson Baron Kelvin, Peter Guthrie Tait - 1873 - 279 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Robinson (M.E.) - Internal combustion engines - 1890 - 658 pages
...universal law of gravitation, that the mutual attraction between two bodies is directly proportional to the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of their distance apart. Hence the gravitation unit of force, that is the weight of a body, will va'ry at different places... | |
 | University of Toronto. Mathematical and Physical Society - Science - 1891 - 136 pages
...particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle of matter, with a force which varies directly as the product of their masses and inversely as the square of their distance) an hypothesis which explained and will, in all probability, continue to explain certain observed phenomena... | |
 | Otto Dziobek - Celestial mechanics - 1892 - 316 pages
...bodies. This law reads as follows: Each particle of matter attracts any other particle with a force whose magnitude is directly as the product of their...inversely as the square of their distance from each other. Assume that P, and P2 are two gravitating particles, the coordinates and mass of the first, referred... | |
 | Henry Smith Carhart, Horatio Nelson Chute - Physics - 1892 - 400 pages
...known as Universal Gravitation. 74. Law of Attraction. —- The attraction between two bodies varies directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of the distance between their centres of mass (77). MECHANICS OF SOLIDS. 51 body of n units of mass will... | |
 | Walter William Rouse Ball - Mechanics, Analytic - 1893 - 195 pages
...that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force which varies directly as the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the distance between them ; and he thence deduced the law of attraction for spherical shells of constant... | |
 | Chandler Belden Beach - 1893 - 778 pages
...force whose direction is that of a straight line joining the two, and whose magnitude is proportional directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of mutual distance. He first showed that if the sun attracts the earth, the direction of this force must... | |
 | Sir Robert Stawell Ball, Robert Stawell Ball - Sun - 1893 - 422 pages
...the fundamental supposition that erery body must attract every other body with a force which varies directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of the distance by which they are separated, Newton proved that a planet in revolving around the Sun must... | |
 | Peter Guthrie Tait - Matter - 1894 - 388 pages
...whose direction is that of the line joining the two, ami whose magnitude is directly as the product (if their masses, and inversely as the square of their distance from each other. This statement is made in terms of attraction : — ie force. Such a form is convenient for our present... | |
 | Evan William Small - Earth - 1894 - 296 pages
...that " 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." It is sometimes popularly stated that Newton discovered " Gravity," and... | |
 | S. P. Meads - Physics - 1894 - 298 pages
...has greater density ? [See Chap. V.] Law of Gravitation. The attraction between any two bodies varies as the product of their masses^ and inversely as the square of the distance between their centers of mass. We often speak of the larger body's attracting the smaller,... | |
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