...that every particle of matter attracts every other particle, and suspected that the attraction varied as the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the distance between them : but it is certain that he did not then know what the attraction of a spherical...

...Gravitation is as 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 particles be represented by m and m', the distance between...

...gravitation. Newton's law of universal gravitation states that "the attraction between any two bodies varies as the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the distance between their centers of mass." For instance, if two bodies, A and B , weigh 100 pounds and...

...force whose direction is that of the straight line joining the two, and whose magnitude is proportional directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of their mutual distance " — this is the generalisation known as the Law of Gravitation.* Another way...

...on the problem of chemical affinity. If large masses of matter attract one another proportional to the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the distance, why might not the attraction between atoms follow the same law ? In a word, why might not...

...accept as absolute truth such statements as ' ' every particle of matter attracts every other particle directly as the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the distance," or "when hydrogen and oxygen combine to form water the ratio of their weights is 1 : 8....

...Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force whose magnitude is directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of their distance from each other.'' This is incorrect. All bodies do not attract each other, two molecules...

...every other 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.'' Can we imagine that in some few cases .-mother " law," r.-ading thus,...

...particle, with a force whose direction is that of the line joininy the two, and whose magnitude is directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of their distance from each otlier1), T? vm* wz* As =7 - s ' Ml the factor of proportionality y being...

...Universal Gravitation is as follows : ] Two particles attract each other with a force which varies v directly as the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the distance between them. This law was discovered by Sir Isaac Newton in 1666, but, on account of an erroneous...