...afterwards mentioned, Newton is understood to have at first rested his law of universal gravitation : ' Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force directly proportioned to the mass of the attracting particle, and inversely to the square of the distance...

...subjected to calculation by NEWTON. The theory when regarded as a law of nature may be stated as follows : Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force which varies directly as its mass, and inversely as the square of the distance between them. Mathematicians...

...this whole pomp of stars might have been evolved. The law of gravitation enunciated by Newton is, that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force which diminishes as the square of the distance increases. Thus the sun and the earth mutually pull...

...this whole pomp of stars might have been evolved. The law of gravitation enunciated by Newton is, that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force which diminishes as the square of the distance increases. Thus the sun and the earth mutually pull...

...universal space. It was Newton that first gave clear expression to the law of gravitation in these words : "Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force directly proportional to the mass of the attracting particle, and inversely as the square of the distance...

...produce any important effect. We are thus led to the law of universal gravitation, expressed as follows : Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force directly as their masses, and inversely as the square of the distance which separates them. § 2. Gravitation...

...the stone back to itself — an instance of a general law, one operation of an ever-active force. For every particle of matter in the universe * attracts every other particle with a force proportional to the product of their masses, and increasing as the square of the distance decreases....

...preceding pages — minute physical points of matter, acting totally independent of the great law: — "Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle, with a force directly proportioned to the mass of the attracting particle, and inversely to the square of the distance...

...investigations of free thought with respect to the mechanism of the heavens. His general law was announced, that "every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force varying directly as the product of the masses, and inversely as the square of the distance." Under...

...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...