...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...

...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 distance from each other.—Properties of Matter (vii.), p. no. The phenomenon is thus measurable,...

...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...

...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....

...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...

...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,...

...reached by the other sciences. This law, according to which two mass-points attract each other directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of their distance, merely describes the mode of action of attraction ; it does not explain its nature,...

...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...

...recast in terms exhibiting the precise quantitative variation, — bodies attract each other directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of their distance. It is evident that the special function of this method of concomitant variations consists...