...the phenomena is, that all particles of the universe attract each other witli a force which varies inversely as the square of the distance and directly as the mass of the attracting particle. It remains to be seen whether this law, simple as it is, will upon effecting...

...for the phenomena is, that all particles of the universe attract each other with a force which varies inversely as the square of the distance and directly as the mass of the attracting particle. It remains to be seen whether this law, simple as it is, will upon effecting...

...furnish a sufficient clue to the intelligent and candid reader. In the next place, I come to consider the law of gravitation. From this point of view we...as the square of the distance, and directly as the mase. Hence we learn that if a portion of atmospheric air were to find its way from the surface of...

...announced that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle, with a force varying inversely as the square of the distance, and directly as the mass, ivas not ignorant of, or indifferent to, the mutual attraction between the planetary bodies ; nor did...

...particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle of matter with a force which varies inversely as the square of the distance and directly as the mass, it follows that each planet and comet and satellite of the entire system of the sun are, to a greater...

...if we withdraw from it the verifiable specification of its mode of operation. Withdraw the formula " inversely as the square of the distance and directly as the mass," and Attraction is left standing a mere " occult quality." Indeed the Cartesians reproached it with...

...perception or phenomenon."! "If," says Lewes, " we withdraw from the law of universal attraction the formula 'inversely as the square of the distance and directly as the mass,' it becomes pure metaphysics." Indeed Physical Science cannot dispense with Metaphysical ideas, for...

...illustration of this, he says that if we withdraw, from the Law of Universal Attraction, the formula " inversely, as the square of the distance, and directly as the mass," it becomes pure Metaphysics. If this means that, apart from ascertained numerical relations, our conception...

...the law of gravitation is a scientific theory ; but if we withdraw from it the verifiable formula ' inversely as the square of the distance and directly as the mass,' there remains only the occult metaphysical. On the other hand, theory of gravitation, which explain...

...necessary consequences from Newton's grand law, that bodies tend toward each other with a force varying inversely as the square of the distance and directly as the mass of the bodies. But we should reach a higher unity and obtain a deeper insight into nature did we know...