A compendium of astronomy; containing the elements of the science, familiarly explained and illustrated, with the latest discoveries. Adapted to the use of schools and academies, and of the general reader (1850)
Olmsted, Denison, 1791-1859 · New York, R. B. Collins · leaf 105
on all matter alike, with a force propor-tioned to the quantity of matter, and inversely as thesquare of the distance. First, gravity acts on all matter alike. Every bodyin nature, whether great or small, whether solid, liquid,or aeriform, exhibits the same tendency to fall towardsthe center of the… … 122. In what directions do bodies fall in all parts of theearth ? Illustrate by figure 24. What is gravity ? LAWS OF GRAVITY. 93 scend alike towards the earth; a guinea and a feather,the lightest vapor and the heaviest rocks, fall with equalvelocities. Secondly, the force of gravity is proportioned…
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