 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...  The Fundamentals of Astronomy - Page 11by Samuel Alfred Mitchell, Charles Greeley Abbot - 1927 - 307 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Arthur Thomas Simmons - Geomorphology - 1896 - 362 pages
...enunciated by Newton, which expresses the fact that every mass attracts every other with a force varying as the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the distance between their centres. In addition to this it has been seen that the inertia possessed by... | |
 | Amos Emerson Dolbear - Ether (Space) - 1897 - 138 pages
...Every particle of matter attracts every other particle of matter with a stress which is proportional to the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of the distance between them." Here we are concerned only with the statement that every particle of matter... | |
 | Elroy McKendree Avery - Physics - 1897 - 344 pages
...gravitation. 58. Law of Gravitation. — The mutual attraction between two bodies varies directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of the distance between their centers of mass. For example, doubling this product doubles the attraction ;... | |
 | Ellen Hayes - Algebra - 1897 - 244 pages
...constant, and therefore a oc bc. "For example, the stress between two gravitating bodies varies as the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the distance between the bodies ; hence, if F represents the stress, or force of attraction, between the... | |
 | Le Roy Clark Cooley - Physics - 1897 - 480 pages
...Newton's universal law of gravitation states that the attraction between any two bodies varies directly as the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the distances between their centers of mass. Let A and B (Fig. 63) represent two bodies, and d the distance... | |
 | Elroy McKendree Avery - Physics - 1897 - 328 pages
...gravitation. 58. Law of Gravitation. — The mutual attraction between two bodies varies directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of the distance between their centers of mass. For example, doubling this product doubles the attraction ;... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Simmons - Geomorphology - 1897 - 516 pages
...enunciated by Newton, which expresses the fact that every mass attracts every other with a force varying as the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the distance between their centres. In addition to this it has been seen that the inertia possessed by... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Physics - 1898 - 456 pages
...particle, of matter in the universe attracts every other particle witli a force which varies directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of the distance between them. The mathematical statement of the law is as follows: kmm' Here m and m ' denote... | |
 | Alfred Payson Gage - Physics - 1898 - 420 pages
...follows : The gravitation stress between every two particles of matter in the universe varies directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of the distance between them. If the masses of two bodies be represented by m and m', the distance between... | |
 | Sir William Augustus Tilden - Chemistry - 1899 - 284 pages
...chemistry. Two bodies at a distance from each other are drawn together with, a force which is directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of the distance between them. This is the cause of weight, in which the earth as the larger body seems to... | |
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