 | 1977 - 1412 pages
...within the solar system only : Every particle of matter attracts every other particle with a force that varies directly as the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the distance between them. From these fundamental laws of motion and gravitation, Newton derived Kepler's... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1855 - 640 pages
...bodies 294 PBOFZSSOR FABADAY ON XAGNETIO PHILOSOPHY, ETC. themselves exert a mutual attraction, varying directly as the product of their masses, and inversely...as the square of the distance between their centres of gravity. This is, as we view it, the argument for the law of gravitation as usually received and... | |
 | 1855 - 708 pages
...have all to do with the matter, and we say the bodies themselves exert a mutual attraction, varying directly as the product of their masses, and inversely...as the square of the distance between their centres of gravity. This is, as we view it, the argument for the Jaw of gravitation as usually received and... | |
 | 1855 - 712 pages
...294 PROFESSOR FABADAY OH MAGNETIC PHILOSOPHY, ETC. themselves exert a mutual attraction, \ .iry in;; directly as the product of their masses, and inversely...as the square of the distance between their centres of gravity. This is, as we view it, the argument for the law of gravitation as usually received and... | |
 | Adolphe Ganot - 1865 - 518 pages
...NEWTON, may be expressed as follows : Any two bodies exert upon each other a mutual attraction, which varies directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of their distance apart. Effect of Gravitation on the Planets. 35. It is by the influence of gravitation... | |
 | William Thomson Baron Kelvin, Peter Guthrie Tait - 1867 - 914 pages
...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 distance from each other. Experiment shows (as will be seen further on) that the same law holds... | |
 | Osmund Airy - 1870 - 606 pages
...motion, Fig. 104, when two bodies in space are considered, since in such cases the attractive force varies directly as the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the distance between them. The same attraction holds between two opposite " poles of magnets or between... | |
 | Adolphe Ganot, William Guy Peck - 1871 - 510 pages
...KKWTON, may bo expressed m follows : Any two bodies exert upon each other a mutual attraction, which -varies directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of their distance apart. Bflfect of Gravitation pn tho Planet*. !*5, It is by tho influence of gravitation... | |
 | William Thomson Baron Kelvin, Peter Guthrie Tait - 1872 - 316 pages
...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 distance from each other. Experiment shows (as will be seen further on) that the same law holds... | |
 | a. privat deschanel - 1873 - 1076 pages
...derivation employed. It is well known that uniform spheres attract each other with a force which is directly as the product of their masses, and inversely...the square of the distance between their centres. If this law were made to furnish the unit of force, the dimensions of force would be ^-, instead of... | |
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Newton generalized the law of attraction into a statement 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... 
