...the last to rush from particular phenomena to general theories— in the grand cosmical law : — ' 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—the last to rush from particular phenomena to general theories—in the grand cosmical law :—' 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...

...which render it prohable that it is derivative. 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. Under this law a stone falls to the...

...produced on the earth by the sun will have their maximum at these two dates. It is a well known law that 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...

...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...

...received, that, as gravity is found directly proportional to the mass of the gravitating bodies, so every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force which is directly proportionate to the mass of the attracting particles, and inversely proportionate...

...now been so extensively verified, as to be susceptible of the following precise expression — viz. ' 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...

...squares of their distances from the third body. This, then, is Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation. 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 proportional to the...

...matter) will be carefully considered in the next Division of this Treatise, may be thus enunciated. 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...

...now been so extensively verified, as to be susceptible of the following precise expression — viz. ' 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...