 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...  Outlines of Astronomy - Strona 236autor: John Frederick William Herschel - 1869 - Liczba stron: 753Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - Liczba stron: 500
...would be urged by both powers, and therefore too much urged, and forced inwards from her path. (376.) It is on such an argument that Newton is understood...particle, and inversely to the square of the distance between them." In this abstract and general form, however, the proposition is not applicable to the... | |
 | Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - Liczba stron: 444
...rested, in the first instance, and provisidwally, his law of universal gravitation, which may be tliijis abstractly stated : — " Every particle of matter...particle, and inversely to the square of the distance between them." In this abstract and general form, however, the proposition is not applicable to the... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - 1835 - Liczba stron: 414
...urged, and forced inwards from her path. (376.) It is on such an argument that Newton is un« derstood to have rested, in the first instance, and provisionally,...particle, and inversely to the square of the distance between them." In this abstract and general form, however, the proposition is not applicable to the... | |
 | Thomas Webster - 1837 - Liczba stron: 512
...at the 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 the effect... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1839 - Liczba stron: 566
...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...particle, and inversely to the square of the distance between them." Whatever attempts may have been made by metaphysical writers, to reason away the connexion... | |
 | 1839 - Liczba stron: 272
...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 by... | |
 | T H. Howe - 1842 - Liczba stron: 458
...that case, the general law applies in its strict wording." — Sir John Herschefs Astronomy p. 237. " Every particle of matter in the universe attracts...particle with a force directly proportioned to the mas of the attracting particle, and inversely to the square of the distance between them." — Ibid,... | |
 | 1905 - Liczba stron: 864
...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 proportionately... | |
 | 1846 - Liczba stron: 534
...gravitation and attraction, by which all bodies, liquid or solid, are governed. Newton's words are — " Every particle of matter in the universe attracts...particle with a force directly proportioned to the mass (and density) of the attracting particle, and inversely to the square of the distance between them... | |
 | Archibald Tucker Ritchie - 1850 - Liczba stron: 642
...opinion of astronomers. Sir John F. Herschel, in referring to Newton's law of gravitation, says — " Every particle of matter in the universe attracts...particle, and inversely to the square of the distance between them." And again — " It is in consequence of the mutual gravitation of all the several parts... | |
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