 ... to signify that no limitation as to admissible law of force is essential ; but no generality, that seems to me at present practically desirable, is lost if we assume, henceforth, that it is the Newtonian law of the inverse square of the distance....  Proceedings - Page 201by Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1902Full view - About this book
 | William Thomson Baron Kelvin - 1904 - 734 pages
...Newtonian law of the inverse square of the distance. This makes " (*), and therefore I drf(P,r) = j^ (5), where a is a coefficient specifying for the point,...attractive quality for ether. Using (5) in (3) we find and the components of the resultant force are still expressed by (2). We may suppose a to be either positive... | |
 | William Thomson Baron Kelvin - 1904 - 848 pages
...the inverse square of the distance. This makes • W, and therefore I drf(P,r) = ^^. (5), where at is a coefficient specifying for the point, P, of the...attractive quality for ether. Using (5) in (3) we find (positive for attraction and negative for repulsion); and in fact in our first and simplest illustration... | |
 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1902 - 680 pages
...the Newtonian law of the inverse square of the distance. This makes PQ' and therefore ffM-vi (5)where a is a coefficient specifying for the point, P, of...attractive quality for ether. Using (5) in (3) we find and the components of the resultant force are still expressed by i2). We may suppose a to be either positive... | |
 | Lord William Thomson Kelvin - 1904 - 732 pages
........................ (4), I-*0 a and therefore j drf(P,r) = -^. ..................... (5), J PQ "V where a is a coefficient specifying for the point,...attractive quality for ether. Using (5) in (3) we find and the components of the resultant force are still expressed by (2). We may suppose o to be either positive... | |
 | 1900 - 664 pages
...Newtonian law of the inverse square of the distance. This makes (4), » •% and therefore f" (5), where a is a coefficient specifying for the point,...attractive quality for ether. Using (=5) in (3) we find and the components of the resultant force are still expressed by (2). We may suppose « to be either positive... | |
 | 1900 - 670 pages
...it is the Newtonian law of the inverse square of the distance. This makes ..... (4), and therefore •where a is a coefficient specifying for the point,...intensity of its attractive quality for ether, Using (.">) in (3) we find and the components of the resultant force are still expressed by (2). We may suppose... | |
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