...instance, and provisionally, his law of universal gravitation, which may be thus abstractly stated : — " Every particle of matter in the universe attracts...and inversely to the square of the distance between them." In this abstract and general form, however, the proposition is not applicable to the case before...

...and provisidwally, his law of universal gravitation, which may be tliijis abstractly stated : — " Every particle of matter in the' universe attracts...and inversely to the square of the distance between them." In this abstract and general form, however, the proposition is not applicable to the case before...

...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...

...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...and inversely to the square of the distance between them." Whatever attempts may have been made by metaphysical writers, to reason away the connexion of...

...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...

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...and provisionally, his law of universal gravitation, which may be thus abstractly stated:—"Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every...and inversely to the square of the distance between them." In this abstract and general form, however, the proposition is not applicable to the case before...

...opinion of astronomers. Sir John F. Herschel, in referring to Newton's law of gravitation, says — " Every particle of matter in the universe attracts...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 of matter,...