...to do with the matter, and we say the bodies themselves exert a mutual attraction, varying directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of the distance between their centres of gravity. This is, as we view it, the argument for the law of gravitation...

...expressed as follows: Any two bodies exert upon each other a mutual attraction, which varies directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of their distance apart. Effect of Gravitation on the Planets. 35. It is by the influence of gravitation...

...expressed as follows: Any two bodies exert upon each other a mutual attraction, which varies directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of their distance apart. Effect of Gravitation on the Planets. 35. It is by the influence of gravitation...

...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. Experiment shows (as will be seen further on) that the same law holds...

...104, when two bodies in space are considered, since in such cases the attractive force varies directly as the product of their masses and inversely as the square of the distance between them. The same attraction holds between two opposite " poles of magnets or between...

...expressed as follows : Any two bodies exert îtpon each other a mutual attraction, which -varies directly as the product of their masses^ and inversely as the square of their distance apart. lîiïect of Gravitation pn tho Planet*. .and then continually drawn from the...

...derivation employed. It is well known that uniform spheres attract each other with a force which is directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of the distance between their centres. If this law were made to furnish the unit of force, the dimensions...

...derivation employed. It is well known that uniform spheres attract each other with a force which is directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of the distance between their centres. If this law were made to furnish the unit of force, the dimensions...

...force. The law of gravitation is, that the attraction between two material particles varies directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of the distance between them. Hence, if m 1 ,m jl denote the masses of two particles expressed in terms of...

...expressed as follows: Any two bodies exert upon each other a mutual attraction, which varies directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of tlieir distance apart. Effect of Gravitation on the Planets. 35. It is by the influence of gravitation...