 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...  Miscellaneous Notes and Queries - Pagina 2471894Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pagine
...instance, and provisionally, his law of universal gravitation, which may be thus abstractly stated : — " 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... | |
 | Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - 444 pagine
...and provisidwally, his law of universal gravitation, which may be tliijis abstractly stated : — " 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... | |
 | Thomas Webster - 1837 - 512 pagine
...surface. For this purpose, he reasoned on his law of universal gravitation, which may be thus stated; ' Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle, with a force varying inversely as the square of the distance.' Reasoning on this law, he calculated, from... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1839 - 566 pagine
...matter that the earth consists of. Gravity is a real power, of whose agency we have daily experience. " 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... | |
 | 1839 - 272 pagine
...from gravitation. The great Newton discovered and established the law of universal gravitation, " that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle, with a force varying inversely as the square of the distance :" by which is meant, that if a body be attracted... | |
 | T H. Howe - 1842 - 458 pagine
...that case, the general law applies in its strict wording." — Sir John Herschefs Astronomy p. 237. " Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force directly proportioned to the mas of the attracting particle, and inversely to the square of the... | |
 | 1905 - 864 pagine
...constitution; 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... | |
 | 1846 - 534 pagine
...gravitation and attraction, by which all bodies, liquid or solid, are governed. Newton's words are — " Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force directly proportioned to the mass (and density) of the attracting particle, and inversely to... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - 1849 - 672 pagine
...and provisionally, his law of universal gravitation, which may be thus abstractly stated:—"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... | |
 | Archibald Tucker Ritchie - 1850 - 580 pagine
...opinion of astronomers. Sir John F. Herschel, in referring to Newton's law of gravitation, says — " Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force directly proportioned to the mass of the attracting partiele, and inversely to the square of... | |
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