 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Adolphe Ganot - 1865 - 524 pages
...Gravity ? What is its effect when nnresisted? When resisted? What is Universal Gravitation? Explain Ule law of Universal Gravitation. ] distance 1 : if their...directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as tJie square of their distance apart. Effect of Gravitation on the Planets. 35. It is by the influence... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 as the square of the distance between their centres. If this law were made to furnish the unit of force, the dimensions... | |
 | 1876 - 456 pages
...all other points of all particles, the number of these equal forces applied between two particles, is directly as the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the distance between them, as a necessary consequence of their situation. KJ Adcock." We embrace this... | |
 | Adolphe Ganot - 1875 - 516 pages
...of mass, the attraction will be n times as great as before ; that is, it will be mn, divided by tie square of the distance between the bodies. This law,...product of their masses, and inversely as the square of tJieir distance apart. Effect of Gravitation on the Planets. 35. It is by the influence of gravitation... | |
 | William Garnett - 1875 - 332 pages
...with the unit of force. The law of gravitation is, that the attraction between two material particles varies directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of the distance between them. Hence, if TO,, m2 denote the masses of two particles expressed in terms... | |
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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... 
