 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1838 - 376 pages
...force of gravity is proportioned to the mass or quantity of matter.* We do not say what gravity is, but what it does,— namely, that it is something which gives to every particle of matter a tendency towards every other particle. This influence is conveyed from one body to another without any perceptible... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1844 - 610 pages
...force of gravity is proportioned to the mass or quantity of matter.f We do not say what gravity is, but what it does, — namely, that it is something which...body to another without any perceptible interval of time.J Gravity extends to all known bodies in the universe, from the smallest to the greatest ; but... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1844 - 618 pages
...proportioned to the mass or quantity of matter. f We do not say what gravity is, but what it does,—namely, that it is something which gives to every particle...body to another without any perceptible interval of time.J Gravity extends to all known bodies in the universe, from the smallest to the greatest; but... | |
 | Denison Olmsted, Ebenezer Strong Snell - Physics - 1845 - 612 pages
...of gravity is proportioned to the mass or quantity of matter. f We do not say what gravity is, but what it does, — namely, that it is something which...another without any perceptible interval of time. J Gravity extends to all known bodies in the universe, from the smallest to the greatest ; but the... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1850 - 624 pages
...of gravity is proportioned to the mass or quantity of matter, t We do not say what gravity is, but what it does, — namely, that it is something which...body to another without any perceptible interval of time.J Gravity extends to all known bodies in the universe, from the smallest to the greatest ; but... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Philosophy - 1854 - 620 pages
...gravity is proportioned to the mass or quantity of matter, f We do not say what gravity is, but what tt does, — namely, that it is something which gives...body to another without any perceptible interval of time.J Gravity extends to all known bodies in the universe, from the smallest to the greatest ; but... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1859 - 620 pages
...of gravity is proportioned to the mass or quantity of matter, f We do not say what gravity is, but what it does, — namely, that it is something which...another without any perceptible interval of time. J Gravity extends to all known bodies in the universe, from the smallest to the greatest ; but the... | |
 | Nehemiah Hawkins - Steam engineering - 1903 - 354 pages
...steam in a feed water heater. Fig. 109. GRAVITY. "We can not say what gravity is, but what it (foes,— namely, that it is something which gives to every...other particle. This influence is conveyed from one hody to another without any perceptible interval of time. If the action of gravitation is not instantaneous,... | |
 | William Rogers - 1905 - 432 pages
...matter toward a center of attraction, especially the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth. This influence is conveyed from one body to another...the action of gravitation is not instantaneous, it comes very nearly to it by moving more than fifty millions of times faster than light. Gravity extends... | |
 | Nehemiah Hawkins - Civil engineering - 1907 - 626 pages
...machine. Gin-Pole — A pole forming a leg or support of a tripod used for scaffolding. Gravity — Something which gives to every particle of matter...another without any perceptible interval of time. Inertia — That property of a body by virtue of which it tends to continue in the state of rest or... | |
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We do not say what gravity is, but what it does, — namely, that it is something which gives to every particle of matter a tendency toward every other particle. This influence is conveyed from one body to another without any perceptible interval of time. 
