 | 1873 - 636 oldal
...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... | |
 | John Fiske - 1874 - 496 oldal
...simply by the addition or the withdrawal of its verifiable element." Thus, as Mr. Lewes observes, " the law of universal attraction becomes pure metaphysics...and directly as the mass,' and Attraction is left standing—a mere 'occult quality.' Indeed the Cartesians reproached it with being such an occult quality,... | |
 | Thomas Best Woodward - 1874 - 294 oldal
...element." In illustra" tion 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... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1877 - 534 oldal
...Mondes, 15th December, 1866, vol. Ixvi, pp. 922, 923. 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 it never was demonstrated or proved by any one that the bodies attract each other.... | |
 | 1877 - 274 oldal
...an indefinite number of examples and of infinite extension. We define it by saying : Matter attracts inversely as the square of the distance and directly as the mass. But passing by the fact that even this involves an assumption, viz. the existence of matter, which... | |
 | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - 1880 - 730 oldal
...Metaphysics if we withdraw from it the verifiable specification of its mode of operation. Witiidraw the formula, 'inversely as the square of the distance...and directly as the mass,' and Attraction is left as a mere ' occult quality.' "* It is therefore a confusion between the "Method" and the "Aim" which... | |
 | B. F. Cocker - 1882 - 214 oldal
...whether any theory belongs to science or to metaphysics. " Withdraw from the law of universal gravitation the formula ' inversely as the square of the distance and directly as the mass,' and it becomes metaphysics." "The deeper we go into science, the more certain does it become that all the... | |
 | George Douglas Campbell Duke of Argyll - 1884 - 732 oldal
...element." In 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... | |
 | Thomas Hubbard Musick - 1890 - 390 oldal
...proved by general observation and experience, 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, it never was demonstrated or proved by any one that the bodies attract each other.... | |
 | Francis Asbury Shoup - 1891 - 376 oldal
...enunciating the law of gravitation : Every body attracts every other body with a force which varies inversely as the square of the distance, and directly as the mass. False again. This is only true for sensible distances. When one passes within molecular limits, the... | |
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inversely as the square of the distance and directly as the mass,' and Attraction is left standing — a mere 
