| 单词 | gravitation |
| 例句 | Newton was making his discoveries about optics and gravitation. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He occupied himself by inventing the differential and integral calculus, making fundamental discoveries on the nature of light and laying the foundation for the theory of universal gravitation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Newton’s laws of motion and gravitation gave physicists an explanation for the way planets and objects move through the universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z This is the meaning of the word “universal” as applied to Newtonian gravitation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If there is less than a certain critical amount of matter in the universe, the gravitation of the receding galaxies will be insufficient to stop the expansion, and the universe will run away forever. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as a young man, Newton was impatient with insubstantial questions, such as whether light was “a substance or an accident,” or how gravitation could act over an intervening vacuum. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z So it doesn't surprise me that the gravitation toward a show like "Is it Cake?" is happening at a time when more ominous deceptions lurk in the media landscape. "Is It Cake?" feeds viewers visual catharsis for uncertain times 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z Free talks describe the observatory’s achievements, like verifying Einstein’s geometric theory of gravitation. In Silicon Valley, dropping in at the GooglePlex, tech museums and the Jobs garage 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z But his gravitation to the intellectual elements of music, especially in contemporary works, limited his reach, especially during his tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, from 2004 to 2011. Taking Stock of James Levine’s Tarnished Legacy 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z His law of universal gravitation described the attractive force between two masses in a void. The uncanny physics of empty space 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Euler also carried forward another aspect of Newton’s legacy, by showing that Newtonian theories of motion and gravitation gave incredibly accurate predictions of the motions of the Moon and other planetary phenomena. The master of them all 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Pinkie’s gravitation toward the blues, a genre defined by Black artists and legacies of racial injustice, is partly a product of circumstance and osmosis. ‘Hong Kong Mississippi’ Review: The Bluesman Next Door 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z While TV station owners are enjoying the changing tide by picking up valuable sports programming, they know the audience’s gravitation to streaming is not going to reverse. Why sports are returning to free over-the-air TV 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z From a certain distance, the cluster was then 'captured' by the gravitation of the black hole. Stellar fountain of youth with turbulent formation history in the center of our galaxy 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z In another speech that year, Kuroda described how, like a spacecraft attempting to move away from Earth's gravitation, "tremendous velocity" was needed to end Japan's deflationary equilibrium. Kuroda departs BOJ after inflation fails to fly like 'Peter Pan' 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z “This can play a very good role in some basic physics research, such as non-Newtonian gravitation and gravitational redshift” research, he said. China Maps Out Plans to Put Astronauts on the Moon and on Mars 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z The data representing the waltz of a star and black hole would be meaningless if not backed by a theory of gravitation. Invisible Numbers Are the Most Beautiful Part of Every ‘Space’ Image 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z This, until recently, was a question of whether there is enough gravitation to stop the expansion of the universe. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Only very near the event horizon of a black hole is the gravitation so strong that Newton’s laws break down. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Newton proved Kepler’s law using his second law of motion and his law of universal gravitation. Calculus, Volume 3 2016-03-30T00:00:00Z The relationships he discovered, codified as Newton’s laws and the law of universal gravitation, are still taught as foundational material in physics today, and his calculus has spawned entire fields of mathematics. Calculus, Volume 1 2016-03-30T00:00:00Z The cluster’s enormous gravitation field acts as a lens, warping and magnifying the light from galaxies behind it that would otherwise be too faint and faraway to see. Biden to Show James Webb Space Telescope’s First Image: How to Watch. 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z In the past few years, it has become a question of the combination of gravitation and what is called the cosmological constant. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z G is a constant number known as the universal gravitational constant, and the equation itself symbolically summarizes Newton’s universal law of gravitation. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Newton’s law of gravitation states that F = −G m1 m2 ^r , where G is the universal gravitational constant. Calculus, Volume 3 2016-03-30T00:00:00Z The key idea that linked motion in the heavens with motion on the earth was the law of universal gravitation. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The famous German scientist was working with Besso to test his theory of the relationship between gravitation and the space-time curvature by examining the anomaly of the planet Mercury’s orbit. Rare Einstein manuscript that ‘almost miraculously’ survived sold for more than $13 million in Paris auction 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Some of Newton's contemporaries, such as Robert Hooke, Christopher Wren, and Edmund Halley, had also made some progress toward understanding gravitation. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Newton’s universal law of gravitation and Kepler’s laws describe the motions of Earth satellites and interplanetary spacecraft as well as the planets. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Newton was able to use his law of universal gravitation in conjunction with his second law of motion and calculus to prove Kepler’s three laws. Calculus, Volume 3 2016-03-30T00:00:00Z With his general theory of relativity that was published in 1915, Einstein revolutionised modern physics when he first described gravitation as a geometric warping of space and time, a finding that remains valid. Einstein notes with sketches of relativity theory sold in Paris auction for $13 mln 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z If this alternative gravity theory is correct, it would be a "major revolution," Loeb said, emphasizing it would be at the scale of Newton's law of gravitation and Einstein's law of gravity. A new theory puts dark matter on the chopping block, possibly upending our understanding of gravity 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z This is another verification of Newton's universal law of gravitation. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z What was the great insight Newton had regarding Earth’s gravity that allowed him to develop the universal law of gravitation? Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Vector fields are an important tool for describing many physical concepts, such as gravitation and electromagnetism, which affect the behavior of objects over a large region of a plane or of space. Calculus, Volume 3 2016-03-30T00:00:00Z Bailey said she cried when she heard about the charges and believes they “will likely change the gravitation of what happens in our community and other communities in this nation.” Activists see hope after charges in Elijah McClain’s death 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z “This isn’t just the gravitation to a celebrity,” Mr. Gaetz, Florida Republican, told The Washington Times. Rep. Gaetz champions #FreeBritney to stop conservatorship ‘abuse that’s happening all over America’ 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Stated in modern language, Newton's universal law of gravitation states that every particle in the universe attracts every other particle with a force along a line joining them. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, the history of the search for Pluto began with indications that Uranus had slight departures from its predicted orbit, departures that could be due to the gravitation of an undiscovered “Planet X.” Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The opposition is rooted in a mix of religious faith and a longstanding wariness of mainstream science, and it is fueled by broader cultural distrust of institutions and gravitation to online conspiracy theories. White Evangelical Resistance Is Obstacle in Vaccination Effort 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z Their immense gravitation creates the shapes of galaxies, and perhaps black holes themselves are the invisible dark energy in the universe. Golden Age of Black Holes 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z “The natural gravitation for someone is to adopt a puppy,” she said. Awaiting Tottenham debut, Morgan focuses on making impact 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z It was Newton who took the next giant step when he proposed the law of universal gravitation. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Newton’s universal law of gravitation works for the planets, but is it really universal? Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z He discovered the theory of universal gravitation, began his study of optics and formalized what would become calculus. Opinion | Newton formulated his theory of gravity in a time of plague. We need a miracle, too. 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z That would only happen in the wake of the successful British eclipse expedition in 1919 to confirm general relativity, Einstein’s theory of gravitation. When Einstein Was Bohemian 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Nudged by the gravitation of Jupiter, Mars, Venus and other planets, our world’s axial tilt and precession are always slowly shifting. Earth’s Orbital Shifts May Have Triggered Ancient Global Warming 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z The universal law of gravitation is a good example of a physical principle that is very broadly applicable. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z A universal law of gravitation that is truly universal renders the up there/down here distinction meaningless, at least physically. Bridging a Binary Universe 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z According to the calculations, the gravitation was too weak to bend space-time enough to cause any physical damage. Into darkness 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z A century later, Einstein’s theory of gravitation continues to open new and unexpected windows on the birth and life of the cosmos. The 1919 Solar Eclipse and General Relativity's First Triumph 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z This was a critical test, because Einstein’s theory predicted a deflection precisely twice the value obtained using Isaac Newton’s law of universal gravitation. Einstein, Eddington and the 1919 eclipse 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z Modern relativity is correct in all circumstances and, in the limit of low velocity and weak gravitation, gives the same predictions as classical relativity. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The equations for calculating escape velocity fall easily out of Newton's equations governing gravitation. Humanity's 236-year path to seeing a black hole 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z The small amount of light that survived the weak gravitation illuminated a figure below. Into darkness 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z They are knots of gravitation bound so tightly that within them spacetime dissolves; spectral shadows so voracious they devour light itself. The Milky Way's Monster, Unveiled 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z The possibility of their existence arose from the idea that gravitation is a force of attraction between bodies of matter. Black-hole chronicles: chasing the gravitational beast 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z In the atom, the attractive Coulomb force is analogous to gravitation in the planetary system. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z For the most part, orbital calculations today rely on Newtonian gravitation equations. Humanity's 236-year path to seeing a black hole 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Starting in the 1950s, Feynman ventured into many other areas of theoretical physics: superfluids, superconductivity, gravitation and the constituents of protons and neutrons, which he called partons. Richard Feynman at 100 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z In contrast to the better-known string theory, loop quantum gravity does not attempt to be a ‘theory of everything’ out of which we can generate all of particle physics and gravitation. The illusion of time 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Newton, who formulated the law of universal gravitation and laid the foundations of modern mathematics, was buried in the abbey in 1727. Stephen Hawking to join Newton, Darwin in final resting place 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z These are called weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs, and would also be chargeless, thus interacting negligibly with normal matter, except through gravitation. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z In the essay, Coates, who will continue his work on the Black Panther series, explained his gravitation toward the story of Captain America, a beacon of patriotism and symbol of the “American dream”. Ta-Nehisi Coates to write Marvel's new Captain America comics 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z “Molly’s Game” might at first seem a bit outside his typical gravitation to politics, but it certainly adheres to Mr. Sorkin’s obsession with power and how it changes those who wield it. Aaron Sorkin, ‘West Wing’ creator and director of ‘Molly’s Game,’ calls D.C. a great place to film 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z For example, if neutrinos prove to be on the heavy side of current estimates, then their combined gravitation pull would effect the expansion of the cosmos and slow it down. In search of the neutrino, ghost particle of the universe 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z Sometimes, curiosity pulls us towards big, abstract questions about the workings of nature — Isaac Newton on gravitation, or Charles Darwin on evolution. Neuroscience: The mother lode of invention : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z It is fully explained by a small number of laws of physics, including Newton's universal law of gravitation. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Speaking of his gravitation toward Putin, Trump also mentioned that his wife, Melania, was seated next to the Russian president, and said in the interview that he simply wanted to check in with her. Trump said he left his seat at G-20 dinner because the Japanese first lady spoke no English. She's pretty fluent 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Newton’s universal law of gravitation is a fine example. The Maths of Life and Death: Our Secret Weapon in the Fight against Disease 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z “Though seemingly counterintuitive, the objective of such a long-term strategy would be the gravitation of South Korea toward North Korea and a reunification of the Korean Peninsula, ostensibly on North Korean terms,” the report said. North Korea travel warnings issued to Americans 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z The most obvious challenge is the continuing gravitation to online shopping. What Next tells us about shopkeepers' woes - BBC News 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z “When a Warner goes into a neighborhood, you usually have a huge following that follows them like satellites orbiting around a big gravitation force — from music, to sound design, to post production,” he said. Rockefeller Center owner bets that offices are the next big thing for L.A.'s Arts District 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Faraday and Maxwell's description of electric force in terms of lines that close or loop around resembles how the Wheeler–DeWitt equation describes gravitation. Theoretical physics: Windows on the weird : Nature : Nature Research 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z "For decades, we've known of four fundamental forces: gravitation, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces," said Feng, who is a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. A Fifth Force of Nature? 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z A good example is Isaac Newton’s theory of gravitation, which says that every physical object in the universe exerts a gravity force field around itself, with the strength of that field depending on its mass. Space, Climate Change, and the Real Meaning of Theory 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z But this year, it appears that the gravitation pull of the giant planet Jupiter is distorting the dust band, so the Earth will pass through a denser swath of debris, resulting in an “outburst.” Get ready for Perseid meteor shower 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Yet even with the growing gravitation toward Trump by GOP elites, it's apparent that much of his newfound favor is aided by a biting and pervasive distaste for Cruz. The GOP Establishment’s Slow, Begrudging, Half-Hearted Acceptance of Donald Trump 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Isaac Newton's seventeenth-century vista shows us reality as an infinite space in which time passes and particles push each other about with mathematically describable forces, such as his laws of motion and universal gravitation. Theoretical physics: Windows on the weird : Nature : Nature Research 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z With her physical limitation, soccer was a natural gravitation for her athletic skill set. Lacking an arm proving no obstacle for tennis player 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z He was active in the study of gravitation until his death. Washington-area obituaries of note 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Sikhs in Canada number about 500,000 — or just over 1% of the country's population — though their turbans, beards and gravitation toward politics and activism have made them more visible than many other minorities. Defense Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan: A Sikh soldier's climb to the Canadian Cabinet 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Indeed the law of gravitation itself was not tested until British scientist Henry Cavendish did so in 1798, while measuring the density of the Earth. Gravitational Waves and Why Their Discovery Is Such a Big Deal 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Finally, Einstein used gravitation to structure space in a similar way to how the Wheeler–DeWitt equation uses loops. Theoretical physics: Windows on the weird : Nature : Nature Research 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Abhay Ashtekar, who studies gravitation at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, says that he finds the way that the authors transfer the information to the black hole — which they call ‘soft hair’ — unconvincing. Hawking’s latest black-hole paper splits physicists 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z I don’t think the gravitation to Trump is that he is the next Ron Paul. Rand Paul flops as Ron Paul’s successor, loses libertarian voters to Donald Trump 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Experts from the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow examined the site in Walbrzych last month using magnetic and gravitation equipment. No signs of a Nazi gold train at site in southwestern Poland, experts say 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z The Krakow University team of geologists and engineers surveyed the site in November using magnetic and gravitation methods, Mr. Madej said at a news conference. Hopes Dashed Again in Hunt for Fabled Nazi Gold Train in Poland 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Experts from a mining academy in Krakow examined the site in southwestern Poland last month using magnetic and gravitation methods. Nazi Treasure Train Not Found 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z In particular, he solved what many in the eighteenth century considered the most important open problem in astronomy: reconciling the complex motions of the Moon with Newton's universal law of gravitation. History: A mathematical revolutionary : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z The experts used magnetic, gravitation and earth-penetrating equipment to check a railway bank that, according to explorers, is hiding a secret tunnel and a World War II Nazi train. Polish experts analyzing data they gathered from site of alleged Nazi train 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z “I have committed another suggestion with respect to gravitation which exposes me to the danger of being confined to the nut house,” he confided to a friend. A Century Ago, Einstein’s Theory of Relativity Changed Everything 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Newton’s Eureka, or Aha! Moment, was his celebrated musing on falling apples, in 1666 when he was 23, which in due course inspired his development of the theory of gravitation. The Bicentennial of George Boole, the Man Who Laid the Foundations of the Digital Age 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z According to general relativity, gravitation originates from the interplay between massive objects and the malleable fabric of space-time. Hunt for gravitational waves to resume after massive upgrade 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z That area of endeavor is considered significant in the search for an overarching theory embracing gravitation and quantum mechanics. Jacob Bekenstein, towering theoretical physicist who studied black holes, dies at 68 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The standard model is the theory that describes particles and their fundamental interactions, although without taking into account gravitation. High-precision comparison of the antiproton-to-proton charge-to-mass ratio : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z This week marks the 328th anniversary of the publication of “Principia,” Sir Isaac Newton’s groundbreaking work detailing, among other concepts, his laws of motions and universal gravitation. How Isaac Newton’s dog almost ruined the theory of gravity 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z In 1687 Newton’s universal law of gravitation revealed ocean tides are caused by the attraction of the sun and moon. Can Astronomical Tidal Forces Trigger Earthquakes? 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z But even that only gets us up to about 15-to-17% of the total amount of matter we need to explain gravitation. Dark Matter Is Necessary For The Origin Of Life 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z But last year he made 90 of 180, suggesting a strong gravitation both to round numbers and 50 percent. Zags’ Karnowski a study in power and finesse 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z “When it was more of a fringe technology, you would see a natural gravitation towards the technology by people who are more liberal,” says Timothy Treadwell, a director at the center. Want to get conservatives to save energy? Stop the environmentalist preaching 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z The gravitation toward places that promise better ingredients doesn't end with burger rivals. McDonald's new CEO faces onslaught of competition 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Yet the book offers little discussion of Jughashvili’s gravitation from romantic Georgian nationalist to “Russian” Marxist, passionately absorbed in the intricacies of party organization and the nuances of Marx’s historical analysis of social change. Book review: ‘Stalin: Volume 1, Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928,’ by Stephen Kotkin 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z “But really we’re just investigating a new aspect of Newton’s gravitation, which hadn’t been noticed before. Who knows what might flow from this with further work and elaboration?” Two Futures Can Explain Time's Mysterious Past 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Such quantities as the velocity of light, c, Newton's constant of gravitation, G, and the mass of the electron, me, are assumed to be the same at all places and times in the universe. Shifting Universal "Constants" Could Reveal Space’s Hidden Dimensions 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z This year, the World Congress presented a lifetime achievement award to its Nigerian coordinator, Theresa Okafor, who has defended the Nigerian and Ugandan governments for wanting to “ban all forms of gravitation toward homosexual unions.” How Anti-LGBT Legislation in Uganda, Nigeria and Gambia is Shaping Africa 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Modern physics began with a sweeping unification: in 1687 Isaac Newton showed that the disparate theories describing everything from planetary motion to tides to pendulums were all aspects of a universal law of gravitation. Garrett Lisi Explains His Grand Unified Theory 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Newton explains motion and gravitation, but anomalies start to emerge. Why You Can't Think Out Of The Box 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Many of them rest with greedy Hollywood studios and their gravitation towards blockbusters and summer spectacles. Christopher Nolan says movie theaters can still flourish in a Netflix world 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z But there is much in the cosmos - gravitation and dark matter, for example - that the Standard Model can't fully explain, so there are reasons to think that's not the case. Higgs boson spills secrets as collider powers up 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Having a new and independent way of measuring G could therefore enable physicists to redefine how the law of gravitation works. Quantum method closes in on gravitational constant 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z For his working out of the laws of motion and gravitation, Isaac Newton would have surely gathered his prize for his monumental work Principia, published in 1687. It’s the End of Fundamental Physics... Again 2014-04-16T14:48:52Z Her left hand sits on a celestial globe, probably a cue to her reverence for Newton's theory of universal gravitation. 15 Works of Art Depicting Women in Science 2014-03-07T21:00:00Z This was attested to by Freeman Dyson who tried to get Oppenheimer interested in his pre-war work on gravitation several times. Physics and fundamental laws: Necessary truth or misleading cacophony? 2014-01-22T22:48:08Z The title of the meeting is 'The Newtonian constant of gravitation, a constant too difficult to measure?'. Don't stop the quest to measure Big G 2014-01-22T18:20:05.960Z That might explain the city’s gravitation toward animals like Gus, that illustrious polar bear at the Central Park Zoo, who had to be euthanized this week at 27 after developing a tumor. City Room: New York Today: Wild Things 2013-08-29T10:29:20Z The Daily News is surmising the “best interests of baseball” clause, but by the end of the week, it may be a United Nations resolution or Newton’s law of universal gravitation. Leading Off: Waiting for Trades, Suspensions or Maybe a Jolt of Adrenaline 2013-07-30T13:37:47Z In which gravitation is a consequence of the curvature of spacetime which governs the motion of inertial objects. Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet [Excerpt Part Two] 2013-06-19T16:15:00.180Z A simple calculation, based on the known laws of gravitation and quantum mechanics, leads to a striking result. Why the search for a unified theory may turn out to be a pipe dream 2013-05-03T23:45:02.410Z Also, gravitation is just attraction; Coulomb’s law incorporates both attraction and repulsion. When Science Meets Fiction 2013-01-28T03:15:00.220Z Because such effects are not observed, the relationship between the SM vacuum energy density and gravitation remains to be explored. [Article] A Particle Consistent with the Higgs Boson Observed with the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider 2012-12-20T21:55:01.327Z Through the logic of duality, this universality has a simple explanation: Viscosity is equivalent to a gravitational phenomenon, and according to Einstein’s general theory of relativity, gravitation is blind to compositional details. Physicists Find a Backdoor Way to Do Experiments on Exotic Gravitational Physics 2012-12-18T18:15:02.807Z All scientific theories are subject to change and replacement, just as Newton’s theory of gravitation was replaced by Einstein’s. Essay: Biblical Literalists’ Clash With Science 2012-11-26T23:31:38Z Any description of celestial motion starts with classical physics—specifically, Newton's law of gravitation. Body Double: Understanding the Astrophysics of a Newly-Discovered Multi-Planet Binary Star System 2012-09-11T12:45:00.180Z While Kepler’s laws of planetary motion and Issac Newton’s law of universal gravitation allowed for the calculation of the relative distances of the planets from the Sun, but nothing was known in absolute terms. The Transit of Venus: Viewing Tips from an Astronomer 2012-06-01T17:45:00.257Z It is the attraction of gravitation which converts what would be a mere bubble, or hollow sphere of glass, into a gracefully elongated and delicately-shaped flask. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z A Clockwork Universe In 1687 Isaac Newton published his Principia, which enunciated the law of universal gravitation and the three laws of motion. How Physics and Neuroscience Dictate Your "Free" Will 2012-05-16T18:20:46.707Z Impelled by a species of moral gravitation, the enquirer will glide insensibly to the system which is congruous to his disposition, and intellectual difficulties will seldom arrest him. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z Instead of thought, we have perception; instead of dialectic, gravitation; instead of causation, sequence in time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z It holds them down as with the force of gravitation, as if the Himalayas were rolled upon them to press them to the earth. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Thus we maintain that the law of gravitation is true only within the range of our observation; it does not apply to masses of molecular dimensions. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Previous: How the Modern Physics was invented in the 17th century, part 3: Why Galileo didn’t discover universal gravitation? How did Titanic really break up? 2012-04-09T15:45:00.233Z Without the law of gravitation the universe would rush into ruin, but who has ever seen this force? The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z It was during his abode at Cambridge that he made his three great discoveries, of fluxions, the nature of light and colors, and the laws of gravitation. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z On Casting The fly must not be thrown directly on to the water, but should be allowed to drop there by gravitation. Old Flies in New Dresses How to Dress Dry Flies with the Wings in the Natural Position and Some New Wet Flies 2012-04-02T02:00:23.697Z He fully believed that he was refuting the pedants who believe in the inevitable action of the law of gravitation, when he talked of holding a stone in his hand. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z It is marvellous to read, but it is a law as certain and safe as gravitation. One Day at a Time and Other Talks on Life and Religion 2012-03-31T02:00:20.873Z The instrument was capable of registering a diminution of the force of gravitation as well as an increase; registrations of such a diminution were frequently obtained. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z The law of gravitation is not the cause of gravitation. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Is reason, or is gravitation the index to the nature of the Absolute? The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z He proved that even the supposed law of gravitation is not by any means the rigid and universal sort of thing that Newton and such-like persons have supposed. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z "How is it that you are able to make these great discoveries?" was once asked of Sir Isaac Newton, facile princeps of all philosophers, and the discoverer of the great law of universal gravitation. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z To avoid complication, however, I will only here refer to results in which an increase of gravitation was experienced. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z But the modern science of planetary astronomy consists of deductions from the law of gravitation—deductions showing why the celestial bodies necessarily occupy certain places at certain times. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z In like manner, a feeble heart, favoring venous stagnation, and gravitation are of importance, as general causes, in promoting dropsy in hydr�mic conditions. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z He was the first to state clearly that the motions of the heavenly bodies must be regarded as a mechanical problem, and he approached in a remarkable manner the discovery of universal gravitation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Newton saw the answer to these questions in his law of gravitation. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z It is certain that a piece of anything thrown into the air falls back in consequence of the attraction of gravitation,—and that, too, at no matter what distance. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z As that "old mole," working in the ground, gravitation, is defied by aeroplanes, then we should not despair of any hypothesis which permits us a peep through the partly opened door. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Capillary attraction will cause the tube to fill, and the process may be facilitated materially by inclining the tube toward a horizontal direction, so that the capillary attraction is not opposed by that of gravitation. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z These precise conditions were afterwards demonstrated by Newton to follow necessarily from the law of gravitation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z True, this is pretty near the chaos of the Greeks, but Kant knew of the operation of the Newtonian law of gravitation, which the Greeks did not. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z But what is the essential nature of gravitation? Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z We have Maeterlinck, a poet writing of bees, Poincaré, a mathematician opening our eyes to the mystic gulfs of space; solid matters resolved into mist, and the law of gravitation questioned. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Newton's doctrine of gravitation opened a new method of investigating the universe. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z It has sometimes been said that it is as absurd to rebel against the moral law as against the law of gravitation. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Natural phenomena, then, involving gravitation and inertia, as in the planetary motions, and electro-magnetic phenomena, including the motion of light, are to be regarded as interrelated, and not independent of one another. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z We know no more to-day than in the time of Newton what gravitation really is. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z We are as ignorant of the nature of these phenomena as of those of gravitation, magnetism, and electricity. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z A great variety of forces exist in nature, as, for instance, gravitation, electricity, chemical affinity, heat and light. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z The particular application of the law of gravitation in this case has unfortunate results for the individual. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z The elegance and thoroughness of the demonstrations, and the completeness of application of the law of gravitation are especially impressive. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z This levitation is contrary to the law of gravitation. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Half a century after Bacon’s labours, Newton, with no help from Baconian methods discovered the law of gravitation, and with it the unity of sequences which pervade material creation. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z This law of gravitation has been verified by repeated experiments, and, taken in connection with the astronomical theories of Copernicus and Kepler, has made celestial mechanics what they are today. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z Bodies fall by virtue of the law of gravitation. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z In such cases the Newtonian law of gravitation forms the basis of the intricate and tedious calculations necessary to find out the mass by this indirect method. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z These forces, mind you, are as real as the attraction of gravitation, and as invisible as that. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z A like gravitation to towns has indeed taken place throughout the whole country. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z By the aid of the law of gravitation, many astronomical predictions have been fulfilled. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z The scientist has perfect confidence in the attraction of gravitation—in chemical affinities—in the great fact of evolution, and feels absolutely certain that the nature of things will remain forever the same. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z And although many physicists have endeavored to find out what gravitation really is, its cause is not yet known. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z To the first belong the general forces of gravitation, heat, light, electricity, and the vegetative force. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z They know that the attraction of gravitation is always the same, always in perfect proportion to mass and distance, neither weaker nor stronger, unvarying forever. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z During the days of Newton, the question was raised if the celestial bodies outside of the solar system obey the law of gravitation. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z No one can explain the attraction of gravitation. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Only one theory has been advanced to account for this discrepancy, and that is the Einstein theory of gravitation. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z I have been anxious to reproduce these careful reports; for they establish of themselves the absolute and undeniable reality of these movements that contradict the normal law of gravitation. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z A man can deny the rotundity of the earth, the attraction of gravitation, the form of the earths orbit, or the nebular hypothesis, with perfect impunity. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z This result indicated not only the universality of the law of gravitation, but also the probability that all heavenly bodies are in motion. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z All the legislatures and congresses of the world cannot by any possibility create one dollar, any more than they could suspend the attraction of gravitation or hurl a new constellation into the concave sky. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z We have said that practically all the motions in the solar system have been accounted for by the Newtonian law of gravitation. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z This man was as reliable as the attraction of gravitation—he knew no shadow of turning. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z Newton gave us the mathematical expression of the attraction of gravitation. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z The rock on the hillside is pulled downward by gravitation, but can move only if the ground is removed from beneath it by some external force. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z We make old attraction of gravitation work for us; we make the lightning do our errands; we make steam hammer and fashion what we need. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z First, the long straight ones, apparently made up of matter repelled by the sun twelve to fifteen times more powerfully than gravitation attracts it. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z The bombardment of Cadiz would have no more to do with the Monroe doctrine than with the attraction of gravitation. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z They understood the mechanical powers, and the attraction of gravitation. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Usually, the thinkers have agreed that the indications point to such a central force, which by many has been identified with gravitation. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z The last years of Newton's life were perplexed by the charge that his theory of gravitation tended to "materialize" religion. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z Clearly the great problems cannot all be solved by the kinetic theory of gases and the law of gravitation alone. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z We found that the attraction of gravitation would attend to its business, night and day, at its own expense. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z He, too, knew of the attraction of gravitation and that it acted in proportion to mass and distance. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Newton and many of the men who followed him in the development of the theory of gravitation, agreed that probably the force of gravitation is the source of all other natural forces. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z This type of experiment, first done in 1975 using neutrons, confirms that Newton’s law of gravitation applies equally to planets and particles. Could Simple Experiments Reveal the Quantum Nature of Spacetime? 2012-02-02T15:45:22.977Z The gravitation of this dark companion displaces Algol itself alternately toward and from the earth, because the two bodies revolve round their common center of gravity. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z He is, in these arguments, measuring the forces elemental in a great Republic, as Michael Angelo measured gravitation. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z Principal, investigations on the influence of temperature on gravitation, 184.Hieroglyphics, Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z Energy may appear in various forms, as light, heat, electricity, magnetism, gravitation and mechanical motion; and each of these forms of energy may be changed into any of the others. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z The hollow bulb is worked into the shape it is intended to assume, partly by blowing, partly by gravitation, and partly by the workman’s tool. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Obviously the law of gravitation answers this question, if we compare the sun's attraction with the earth's at equal distances. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Lincoln's conscience controlled and held him in his course, as gravitation holds and guides this globe. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z According to James Overduin, a physicist at Towson University in Maryland who specializes in gravitation, a universe without gravity would be "completely flat and featureless." What If There Were No Gravity? 2012-01-10T16:15:20.327Z Light, heat, electricity, magnetism and gravitation are all various manifestations of ether motion. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z See one straightforward conscience put in pawn To win a world; see the obedient sphere By bravery's simple gravitation drawn! Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z A word may be added regarding the force of gravitation and what it really is. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Love and religion are thus continuous; they represent different phases of one all-pervading mutual gravitation of souls. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z No. 1 is designed to connect the infiltration gallery with the gravitation tunnel. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z Such quantities as the velocity of light, c, Newton’s constant of gravitation, G, and the mass of the electron, me, are assumed to be the same at all places and times in the universe. Inconstant Constants 2011-12-31T05:15:18.567Z But soon the power of gravitation asserted itself. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z What he did was to discover the law according to which gravitation acts everywhere throughout the solar system. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z It also discloses itself in its simplest form in the lowest grade of the objectification of will, in gravitation, which we see constantly exerting itself, though a final goal is obviously impossible for it. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z A dewdrop is not the less beautiful that it illustrates in its structure the law of gravitation which holds the world together, and by which “the most ancient heavens are fresh and strong.” Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z On cooling down, the centers approach until the gravitation attraction overcomes the magnetic attraction of their poles, when the magnetic properties reappear. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z The "performer" would change the line of gravitation by such an attempt: he would never be able to mount the sides, and would only be like the squirrel in its revolving cage. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Clearly the same gravitation that holds the moon in its orbit round the earth, must extend outward from the sun also, and hold all the planets in their orbits centered about him. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z In order to lead the reader up to the main question, he first considers the natural forces, gravitation and heat. Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications 2011-12-24T03:07:54.823Z The origin of species and the law of gravitation are now put in the same comfortable category with the steam engine and the telegraph wire and other things that we think we understand. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z The generators of the future will be on the cupola style, feeding by gravitation from the top. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z From the phenomena described above, it will be observed that, in the energy processes of transformation occurring in both primary and planet, the function of the gravitation field or influence is entirely passive in nature. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z So all of Kepler's laws could be embodied in a single law of gravitation toward a central body, whose force of attraction decreases outward in exact proportion as the square of the distance increases. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z If the attractive power of motives over the mind is any thing different from the law of gravitation or magnetic attraction, what is that difference? Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z He finds his way, without our noticing that he has been seeking it: so surely and cleverly and inevitably does he run his course, as if by some law of gravitation. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z I'm just telling you how some things are in this world,—facts, like gravitation and atmospheric pressure. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z In general nature the gravitation field appears to be simply an energy influence—a peculiar manifestation of certain passive qualities of energy. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z If bodies be moved by the law of gravitation, they would pass through a certain space under such and such a condition. St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture 2011-11-28T03:00:25.013Z But no conditions to which matter has ever been subjected, or under which it has ever been observed, have been found to influence its gravitation in the slightest degree. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Its spacious elevators seemed magically to defy gravitation. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z Water flows by gravitation into a huge iron pipe closed at the top but open at the bottom. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z In the case of a planetary body, there is a real limit to the extent of the transformation of its orbital energy of motion under the influence of the gravitation field. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z Bodies left to themselves pass through space under such conditions as they would follow, if impelled by gravitation. St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture 2011-11-28T03:00:25.013Z Another cause which might be supposed to modify the action of gravitation between two bodies would be the interposition of masses of matter between them, a cause which materially modifies the action of electrified bodies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z She was thenceforward more and more the centre of gravitation and power for the whole republic, but her influence came from legitimate natural causes and was exercised within constitutional limits. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z It was still a country village with its own habits and traditions, not yet feeling too strongly the force of suburban gravitation. Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z Moving thus in different directions, the motion of each planet is carried out in the lines of the gravitation field between the two. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z This Love, in fact, is the dynamic power which St. Augustine compared with gravitation, ‘drawing all things to their own place,’ and which Dante saw binding the multiplicity of the universe into one. Ruysbroeck 2011-10-29T02:00:16.413Z The question has also been raised whether the action of gravitation is absolutely instantaneous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Because he is rational, man is not the less subject to gravitation and cohesion and chemical affinity. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z How far does gravitation serve our needs— The force that keeps each planet in its place, Resistless, constant, yet with varying speeds, For ever acting in unbounded space? The Call of the Mountains and other Poems 2011-10-28T02:00:27.360Z It may now be pointed out that the attractive influence of gravitation is, in reality, but one of the many manifestations of energy of the system. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z The suggested agencies are the direct pull of gravitation, the tidal effect of the planets, and an electro-magnetic effect. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z From these examples it will be realized that in gravitation experiments extraordinary precautions must be adopted to eliminate disturbing forces which may easily rise to be comparable with the forces to be measured. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The law of gravitation alone could not organize a Universe; neither could the law of cohesion, nor of centripetal, nor centrifugal force, nor any other one law. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z He had a fiery and impulsive temper, but with it a passion for discovery, and so was drawn into Magellan's heart by gravitation. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z With regard to the gravitation field, its general influence on the rotating mass may be readily predicted. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z Hence the effect of gravitation upon the sun must vary constantly and irregularly, as befits the geological requirements. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z The other was to show that the gravitation of the earth, following one and the same law with that of the sun, extended to the moon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Because he is rational, man is not the less subject to gravitation and cohesion and chemical affinity. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z Newton's discovery of the law of gravitation, and his theory of fluxions place him at the head of the mathematical thinkers of the world. The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature 2011-10-20T02:00:20.857Z The extension of the principle from the earth to the whole planetary system has been made on precisely the same grounds as Newton extended the observed phenomena to his famous generalisation with respect to gravitation. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z It may be through tides, through the direct effect of gravitation, through electro-magnetic forces, or in some other way. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z He also showed that the total gravitation of the earth, assumed as spherical, on external bodies, would be the same as if the earth’s mass were concentrated in the centre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z By capillary attraction, assisted by gravitation, part of the water of the ocean is being transferred through this stratum to the underground cavity. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Thus the doctrine of mechanics is an application of the law of gravitation. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z The attractive influence of gravitation appears as an incepting agency in terrestrial as well as in celestial phenomena. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z The only possible cause seems to be the planets, acting either through gravitation, through forces of an electrical origin, or through some other agency. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z The question whether this cause modifies gravitation admits of an easy test from observation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z This my guide picked up as easily as though it were of paper, for be it remembered that gravitation had slackened its hold here. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z There are laws of political as well as of physical gravitation. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z The motion of the earth and other planets is continuously occurring under the influence of gravitation, thermal, luminous, and other incepting fields which link them to the central mass, the sun. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z The "democratic principle" had nothing more to do with the matter than had the law of gravitation. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z Sam always personified those parts of his environment which touched his feelings most deeply, whether clothes, curries, thorns, or gravitation. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z However, gravitation neither escapes by radiation from bodies nor needs to be replenished, so far as we know, from without. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Gravitation It was in the year following his graduation from Cambridge that he made his greatest discovery—that of the law of gravitation. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z In fact, of all the agencies which incept energy transformations on the earth, gravitation, in one form or another, is the most universal and the most important. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z You will remember that it is gravitation which keeps the moon held to the earth so that it moves round in a circle, and which keeps the earth and other planets moving round the sun. Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science 2011-10-03T02:00:33.003Z Kepler and Newton substituted for them the “bald and barren doctrine of gravitation”, to the disgust of the theologically orthodox. Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:35.717Z This, together with the rule I repeated a few moments ago, is about all we know, or think we know, of gravitation. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Colors in Sunlight About the same time that he made his first discoveries regarding gravitation, he took up the study of light with a view to improving the construction of telescopes. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z The effect of gravitation in transformation has apparently been eliminated by supporting the block from above and removing the pressure between block and table. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z That whisper told us that the law of gravitation is not peculiar to the solar system. Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science 2011-10-03T02:00:33.003Z The law of gravitation was discovered by Sir Isaac Newton. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z The central circle, or medial sphere, the shell, or layer of gravitation, lies conformably to the outer configuration of the globe, about seven hundred miles towards its center. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Seeing that the results were likely to prove his theory of gravitation, he was so overcome that he could not finish the work. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z The function of gravitation in this transformation is, obviously, again quite passive in nature, and is in no way influenced by the extent of the process. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z His publications span a broad range of topics in particle physics, gravitation, string theory, mathematical physics, and atomic physics. Live Chat: Have Neutrinos Broken the Speed Limit of Light? 2011-09-28T15:24:18Z Sir Isaac Newton The operation of this law of gravitation pointed the way to the discovery of the planet Neptune, which is considered the greatest triumph of mathematical astronomy since the days of Newton. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z At last when the forces of gravitation and mass motion neutralize each other, we will come to a state of rest again. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Friendship is as much a moral fact under Providence as light or gravitation is a physical fact. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z This influence is that of gravitation, which links the body continually to the earth. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z The two had met, and had involuntarily, by the mere force of a natural gravitation, been drawn toward each other, and, since they fitted, the inevitable had taken place. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z According to the principles of gravitation as unfolded by Newton, the power of attraction decreases directly as the square of the distance between the sun and a planet. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z First, the attraction of gravitation was inconsiderable where the boat, to which you refer, rested on the water. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Brulow's Comet was on the sunward swing, now, gaining speed under solar gravitation; but it still had a long ways to go. Comet's Burial 2011-09-19T02:00:15.417Z It is important to note the part played in these transformation processes by the gravitation field or influence. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z Kepler is famous for discovering the three laws of planetary motion, laws which Isaac Newton later re-derived with his universal theory of gravitation. Kepler, Mars and the Turning Point in Astronomy 2011-09-13T17:07:58Z This fact is due to the power of gravitation toward the sun. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z I should add," continued Vaughn, ignoring my remarks, "that we have established rules to measure the force of gravitation, and have estimated the decrease of attraction as we leave the surfaces of the planets. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Cohesive instinct is as vital to race as gravitation is to matter. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z Now the function of gravitation in this process, as in others already described, is that of a completely passive incepting agent. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z When gravity was conceived as a force moving downward through infinite space, the existence of people on the other side of the earth was denied as being contrary to the law of gravitation. Determinism or Free-Will? 2011-09-10T02:00:27.557Z When not contemplating how to optimally board an airplane, Steffens researches gravitation, dark matter and energy, and extra-solar planets at Fermilab, west of Chicago. How to Board an Airplane Faster 2011-09-02T22:06:55Z Gravitation is the beginning and gravitation is the end; all earthly bodies kneel to gravitation. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z But if we leap into the air on the brink of a precipice, belief in an ascent to heaven is shattered to pieces at the bottom to which the law of gravitation infallibly drags us. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z In the former case, the nature of the energy machine was such that the work energy communicated was expended in its entirety against gravitation. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z If there existed but one particle of matter in the universe gravitation would be a meaningless term. Determinism or Free-Will? 2011-09-10T02:00:27.557Z If God be omnipresent and omniactive, this inspiration is no miracle, but a regular mode of God's action on conscious Spirit, as gravitation on unconscious matter. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z What men call heat, gravitation, light, electricity, and magnetism are the grosser attributes attending alterations in an unknown, attenuated, highly developed force producer. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Man is as much under the influence of gravitation as a stone is. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z In reviewing the statical condition of the above apparatus, the pendulum itself has been assumed to be hanging vertically at rest under the influence of gravitation. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z The law of gravitation, for instance, formulates the relations existing between particles of matter. Determinism or Free-Will? 2011-09-10T02:00:27.557Z Thus it is said "a stone falls to the ground in obedience to the law of gravitation." My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z We have just now crossed the line of gravitation. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z The law of gravitation suffers no alteration, whether it cause the fall of an apple or shape the orbit of a planet. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z This amount of energy is, however, all that is available for transformation against gravitation in the ascent. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z It is the law of gravitation, discovered by Sir Isaac Newton. Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes 2011-08-29T02:01:12.927Z By the "law of gravitation" the Christian would mean that God had ordered that all stones should so fall. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z The material portion of the earth is altogether a surface film, an insignificant skin over the sphere of purity, the center of gravitation. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z The Law of gravitation, for instance, is equally neutralized by the law of magnetism each time a magnet suspends a weight in the air. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z In the case of the gaseous mass, we conceive the action of gravitation to be exactly analogous to that of a spring offering an approximately constant resistance to extension. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z He poised on his toes before taking it, but the law of gravitation now asserted itself. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z The Rationalist would simply mean that all stones do so fall, and that invariable sequence he calls the "law of gravitation." My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z We are not subject to attraction of matter, for at this place gravitation robs matter of its gravity, and has no influence on extraneous substances. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z No mule could be surer footed than was Panther, but the laws of gravitation had nevertheless to be obeyed. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z The working of the second or transmission stage of the atmospheric machine involves certain energy operations in which gravitation is the incepting factor or agency. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z It worried poor Sir Piers dreadfully when he wanted to show her how to manage her hoop, and she insisted on arguing with him about the law of gravitation instead. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z Ah! my dear Miss Dares, the love between man and woman is entitled to no more respect than the law of gravitation. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z "Tell me more of the sphere in which gravitation is intensest." Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z The idea of a universal force of gravitation seems to have hovered on the borders of this great man’s mind, without ever fully entering it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z The restraining action of the pendulum arms is, however, replaced in this celestial case by the action of gravitation, which is the central force or influence of the system. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z There on a park bench sits a homeless living human being, who, shivering with cold, stares at the pale moon and wonders why his tears are subject to gravitation. Why I am in favor of socialism 2011-08-22T02:01:00.513Z Thus the stress of a temptation is to be measured by our gravitation, not towards the sin, but towards the pleasure or advantage which is entangled with that. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z We may take the law of gravitation as a sample of the kind of law that appears to be verified without exception. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z This notion, it is plain, tended rather towards Descartes’s theory of vortices than towards Newton’s theory of gravitation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z In the earth, united to its encircling atmosphere by the invisible bond of gravitation, we find the prototype of the hypothetical system just described. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z Stuff like gravitation and dark energy are the sorts of things that determine the shape of the cosmos only in its earliest, and most parochial, and least interesting stages. Explaining it All: How We Became the Center of the Universe 2011-08-13T04:01:10Z With the dark forces of the gorge dragging them downward and the sunshine drawing them triumphantly up—between gravitation and light—they poise, destruction beneath and life beckoning from above. A West Country Pilgrimage 2011-08-05T02:00:48.947Z Or, to ask a more modest question, have we any reason to believe that a particular causal law, such as the law of gravitation, will continue to hold in the future? Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z We may know facts without knowing their causes; as, for example, the fact of gravitation, which is not the less certain because it is at present an ultimate fact. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z These influences are respectively the gravitation, the thermal, and the luminous fields. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z He crunches these factors into a distance coefficient akin to Newton’s law of gravitation. Globaloney: Why the World Is Not Flat...Yet 2011-08-04T12:45:08.447Z Of all the billions that had seen apples falling, only Sir Isaac Newton observed the law of gravitation that was involved in their falling. Every Man His Own University 2011-08-04T02:00:22.623Z It asserts of a certain class of actions exactly what "gravitation" asserts of a certain class of motion, and "thingness" is no more asserted in the one case than it is in the other. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z It is scarcely necessary to add, that they were ignorant of the great results which have followed the development of the principle of gravitation. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z The latter is, after all, but an agglomeration of loose material bound by the force of gravitation into coherent form. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z In fact, when Einstein formulated his cosmological vision, based on his theory of gravitation, he postulated that the universe was finite. What Do You Mean, The Universe Is Flat? (Part I) 2011-07-26T20:45:02.407Z If the theory of gravitation had appeared ten centuries ago, it would have passed unregarded away, for then, nobody thought the outer world worth scrutiny. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z And the question as to what intelligence is per se is as meaningless as what gravitation is per se. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z Like gravitation, I admit the fact, though its cause is inscrutable. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z Among the great discoveries of the past are the attraction of gravitation, the laws of planetary motion, the circulation of the blood, and velocity of light. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z There is probably no person who is unacquainted with the law of gravitation, but there are many persons who accept literally the statements that smoke rises and that balloons ascend. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z He cannot know fire thoroughly, still less the mystery of gravitation. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z You do not break the law of gravitation when you prevent a stone falling to the ground; the force required to hold it in the air is an illustration of the law. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z On the contrary, it appears that the tower, which aided Galileo in making his famous experiments on gravitation, was never more secure. My Recollections 2011-07-16T02:00:14.973Z The discoveries of Ampère as to the laws of electricity have been likened to the discovery of Newton of the law of gravitation. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z A clear understanding of what actually takes place when gases and material masses appear to move in opposition to the law of gravitation is essential to any scheme for warming and ventilating the house. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z But, it is objected, force has not mind; man does not thank gravitation when an apple drops, nor summer for the apple: why thank God for teeth to bite it? The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z It is no more of a mystery than is the compilation of the multiplication table, and it has no greater need of a supernatural sanction than has the law of gravitation. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z I wonder how the idea of gravitation could first have occurred to sir Isaac Newton? Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Thus Galileo invented the telescope, and Newton discovered the law of gravitation. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Now this universe, complete in itself, may be finite and separated from all other systems of a similar kind by an empty space, across which even gravitation cannot exert its influence. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z The English poet of the nineteenth century told us that there is no moving of a flower without the stirring of a star, so intimately connected by the laws of gravitation is the universe. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Table III. is the correction due to the difference of gravitation in any other latitude, and is found from the formula, x = 1 + ·00265 cos. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z But the theory of gravitation, the source from which this beautiful and harmonious arrangement flows, we owe to the powerful genius of Newton, who lived at a much later period, and who demonstrated its truth. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z They organize into bar associations, medical societies, religious denominations, manufacturers' associations, and trade unions in obedience to a principle as pervasive in the animate as the force of gravitation is in the material world. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z The system is similar to that of St. Paul, the city being supplied in part by gravitation, and in part by direct pressure. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z We now call it the attraction of gravitation. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z The pressure of air arises from its weight, or the attraction of gravitation upon it, and therefore the quantity of air below the barometer cistern cannot influence the height of the column. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z Mrs. B. Not in all cases; for the power of gravitation sometimes produces accelerated motion; for instance, a stone falling from a height, moves with a regularly accelerated motion. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Newton in his theory of gravitation discovered one phase of electric energy, and his law of gravitation is in reality simply the law of electrical attraction. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z This is due to loss of energy, and to the attraction of gravitation. Two Boys of the Battleship or For the Honor of Uncle Sam 2011-06-07T02:00:13.313Z For instance, there is a general law of what is termed gravitation which causes bodies to fall to the earth from a given height, with the same velocity according to their specific gravity. An Examination into and an Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 2011-06-06T02:00:07.650Z Who sees electricity, magnetism, gravitation, attraction, cohesion, repulsion? Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z The attraction of particles frequently counteracts the attraction of gravitation. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z True, but gravitation is simply electric attraction, and the electricity that propels, lights and warms the cars is electric attraction diverted from the Falls and used on the cars. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z The wonderful discovery of universal gravitation, so firmly established, as the law which embraces every particle of matter in the solar system, enables us to do this, with the most perfect confidence. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z The footpound is the amount of work done when the mass of a pound is raised one foot against the gravitation attraction of the earth. The Gospel Of Evolution From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures 2011-05-31T02:00:36.420Z The saying that “birds of a feather flock together” apparently has more constant application outside of gravitation’s dominating reach than within it—more among relatively freed spirits than among rigidly body-hampered ones. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z At most it only proves that I am capable of holding it, and that when I release it, it is impelled by the law of gravitation to fall towards the earth. Nature and the Gods From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures 2011-05-31T02:00:33.907Z He says: "So far as we can see, gravitation acts instantaneously, and Newton gave up the problem of defining it, and said he had no explanation except to say God so made it." The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z But yet, if we suppose the nebul� to be governed by the law of universal gravitation, the attractive force of the luminous matter upon itself, must be sufficient to bend the spirals into their forms. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z A great army always makes great waste, say the newspapers that exhort women against extravagance, as if it were as much a law of nature as gravitation. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z He proved that some invisible and intelligent power moved his scale-beam contrary to the action of gravitation. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z He was commanded to fall down, and he fell; he was commanded to fall up, and he protested that the law of gravitation——"Bah! why don't you get the law repealed?" A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism 2011-05-15T02:00:10.653Z It tends to prove that light is instantaneous, as Prof. Wright says gravitation is. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z Pulsars—dense, massive objects with the capacity to serve as a precision clock—are ideal natural laboratories for testing the predictions of general relativity, Albert Einstein's theory of gravitation. Array of Hope: Australia and South Africa Vie for Massive Radio Telescope Project 2011-05-09T17:15:00.260Z Men do not themselves believe so much as they profess in this menial gravitation. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z "Because," said the Major, "I know that the laws of gravitation would bring that cougar down." Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z Again, this pivotal action has a direct relation to the advancing of the body forward toward a listener, the gravitation of passion which shows sympathy and feeling as well as attention. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z All the Newton-La Place theories of gravitation and the nebular hypothesis are now called in question by our wisest astronomers. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z A necessary cause is one which cannot be conceived of as having power to act differently from its actual developements—fire must burn—gravitation must draw bodies towards the earth’s centre. A Review of Edwards's 2011-04-27T02:00:19.047Z With all the help which they receive from women, they are perpetually lapsing into brutality, and whenever they go off into a community by themselves, they go headlong downwards, following their natural gravitation. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z It had been fairly aimed at my head, and the law of gravitation did not account for it. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z But the weight of the Sun is known as well as its size; this follows as a consequence of gravitation. Are the Planets Inhabited? 2011-04-24T02:00:07.733Z And one of them has pointed out two hundred instances in which gravitation is set aside and ignored in the motion of the heavenly bodies. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z Heat, electricity, galvanism, magnetism, gravitation, mechanical forces in general, and the powers at work in chemical of affinities, produce their phenomena according to fixed, and, with respect to the powers themselves, necessary laws. A Review of Edwards's 2011-04-27T02:00:19.047Z "Then beware of the attraction of gravitation," laughed his hostess, thinking, "I shall have to do a little fencing, I can see by his face." A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z In popular belief it implies exemption from the law of gravitation and the power of assuming any shape at will. The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus 2011-04-19T02:00:18.493Z This experiment proves that the force of gravitation in bodies is proportional to their inertia, that is, to their mass. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z We have reason for supposing that gravitation is a purely local affair, and heat and light do not emanate from the sun. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z The nisus of gravitation we do not observe; we observe merely the facts of gravitation. A Review of Edwards's 2011-04-27T02:00:19.047Z The 'special theory', which deals chiefly with electrodynamics and optics, was published in 1905, and the 'general theory' or theory of gravitation, about ten years later. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Phosphorus and sulphur may be essential for the activity of brain tissue, yet it is absurd to claim that a super-abundance of these elements wrote an Iliad, or solved the problem of gravitation. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z All bodies on the earth, by virtue of the attraction of gravitation, tend to the centre of the earth. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z No law of gravitation or balancing force of planets could do this. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z This is the certainty which lies in the connexion between physical causes and their phenomena: e. g. gravitation, heat, chemical affinities in general, mechanical forces. A Review of Edwards's 2011-04-27T02:00:19.047Z A woman's intuition is a marvelous thing, and when it permits itself to fathom a man's love it is as sure as the law of gravitation. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z As Newton, when he gave the law of gravitation mathematical form, penetrated not a step toward its cause, so the biologist has not passed the threshold of the domain of life. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z Except that it is the medium which conveys light, electric and magnetic actions, and possibly gravitation, we know extremely little about it. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Our wise astronomers for two centuries have bestowed upon so-called gravitation all the divine attributes, and thrown around it the halo of a worshiped divinity; and ignored its twin brother and dual force, repulsion. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z Significance of His Discovery.—The philosophic importance of the discovery that the motions of the planets may be explained by the "law of gravitation" was twofold. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z The flying body must act against gravitation, and elevate and carry itself forward at the expense of the air and of the force which resides in it, whatever that may be. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z The cause is more profound, and blended with the force of gravitation. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z The appearance of Newton's Principia in 1687 with his statement of the universal application of the law of gravitation, soon ended hesitancy for most people. The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z Newton discovered one of the dual forces of electricity, which I call universal electric attraction, and called it gravitation. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z And his work has the characteristic of permanency: his "gravitation formula" has stood the test of time. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z Such, for instance, would be the force of gravity in all ponderable matter; and hence the law of gravitation is regarded as all-pervading, universal, unexceptional. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z Attentively peruse this "Face of the Moon" of Plutarch, and you will find, if you look for it, the doctrine of gravitation; but the true author of a system is he who demonstrates it. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z In astronomy, in order to solve its higher and more abstruse problems, it is necessary to deduce from one of the great laws of Nature; namely, that of gravitation. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z As the nebular hypothesis and gravitation explain nothing and show neither the primary elements nor the primary energy of the universe, we should go to the dual forces of electricity which do. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z It took a Newton to discover gravitation and other principles of nature, but men without genius can comprehend and apply these principles, which they could not, like him, discover. Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School 2011-03-27T02:00:15.947Z Take the steam engine, stake printing, take the theory of gravitation: they were all inconceivable till somebody thought of them. The Terror A Mystery 2011-03-22T02:00:24.957Z We cannot wholly believe in inner sincerity that the solid table did rise, without mechanical reason or cause, into the air, and so defy that which we name the "law of gravitation." The Great Return 2011-03-20T02:00:35.837Z "If you mean those properties," said the Saturnian, "without which we believe this our globe could not subsist, we reckon in all three hundred, such as extent, impenetrability, motion, gravitation, divisibility, et cætera." Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z No allowance is made for the attraction of gravitation in wireless telegraphy, and the most superficial observations in ozology, or the science of smell, show that there is a force in odors which ignores gravitation. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z He seems to know instinctively, that all the force of the earth's gravitation is against him. Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School 2011-03-27T02:00:15.947Z The gravitation of common ideals and common protests draws these forgotten particles of industrialism into a massed consciousness that is to-day one of the world's great potencies. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z Energy appears in many forms, such as heat, light, electricity, magnetism, gravitation, and, according to the Gospel, the many spiritual forces. A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-14T03:01:04.693Z Impelled I rushed like some wild deer, And bounding o'er each bramble near, Like torrent's fearful course, Was forced to run a whole field's length Before expended was the strength Of gravitation's force. The Anglican Friar and the Fish which he Took by Hook and by Crook 2011-03-13T03:00:22.773Z You cannot stand up or walk, or so much as raise your hand without interfering with the law of gravitation or attraction. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z He pictured the diamond in the atomic theory of matter—a mass of pulsating atoms oscillating within magnetic bonds—even as the stars swing through space, guided by the influence which is called gravitation. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z Combining the law of gravitation with his laws of motion, Newton was able to derive mathematically the rules governing planetary motion that had been discovered by Johannes Kepler. Gravity, by George Gamow [Special Archive Article] 2011-03-04T13:45:00.433Z But, whenever one of those beings becomes cognisable by us, he instantly becomes subject to gravitation; and he must resume his own mode of being ere he can be free from its consequences. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z But he had obviously fallen into that indifference to life incident to advancing age, and was sensible of a not involuntary gravitation toward the tomb. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z No law of gravitation could prevent such a wreck and ruin of the universe. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z But when they are crushed by falling bodies, or by falling themselves, who imagines this to be the design of gravitation? The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z So originated the profoundly important idea of universal gravitation, which states that all material bodies in the universe attract one another with forces determined by their masses and mutual distances. Gravity, by George Gamow [Special Archive Article] 2011-03-04T13:45:00.433Z The Angels were not subject to gravitation; that is to say, they had the means of moving in any direction at will. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z “You didn’t know anything about the law of gravitation, but the law worked in your case just as if you had known all about it.” Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z If the boasted law of gravitation prevailed to-day, or ever did prevail, such would be the disastrous results. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z But he attacked the views of his master, as well as those of Sir Isaac Newton on gravitation, in a work which he published in twelve octavo volumes, entitled “Moses’s Principia.” The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Nevertheless we, and those with whom we have so little sympathy, are by a sort of unavoidable law of gravitation classed together in the same fraternity, and called fishermen. Fishing and Shooting Sketches 2011-02-23T03:00:33.463Z But under present conditions the sexual gravitation of the women of the upper world toward the men of the lower world may be set down as infinitesimally small, practically a negligible quantity. Papers of the American Negro Academy. (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 18-19.) 2011-02-23T03:00:31.787Z This has been called "The magnificent theory of universal gravitation which was the crowning glory of Newton's life." Stories of Great Men 2011-02-21T03:00:07.643Z The law of gravitation tends to aggregate all bodies into one. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z What a change have the telescope, the quadrant, and the transit instrument, aided by profound mathematics, and the talismanic power of the Newtonian theory of gravitation, produced! The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Here, again, we feel the want of some stronger government—some despotic assertion of a law of gravitation to a common centre—to counteract the strong centrifugal forces acting all through Greek society. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z But this gravitation of money to New York is because the money is idle and is hunting a job, and not because of any process of usurpation, manipulation, or combination. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z I would send him where, in the language of Milton, "Cold performs the effect of fire," or, as Pollock says, "Where gravitation, shifting, turns the other way, And sends him Hellwards." Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot 2011-02-01T03:00:12.910Z Newton's law of gravitation is "large bodies attract small ones." The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z But if the power of gravitation be included in the pretended necessary existence of matter, then it follows necessarily, that there must be a vacuum; it follows, likewise, that matter is not a necessary being. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z The high value of the resistance to compression is not surprising when account is taken of the great pressures, due to gravitation, which must exist in the interior of the earth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z Whoever their attorney, the law of gravitation keeps pulling, pulling at their chandeliers. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z Newton discovered the laws of gravitation after having seen the apple fall, but many billions of men had seen apples fall before his time without being led to the faintest hint of gravitation. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z This is a fair analysis of the law of gravitation. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z When Newton brought to light the principle of gravitation, and showed how it controls and keeps in harmonious movement the heavenly bodies, he developed the great mechanical power by which the universe is governed. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Within the earth the stress that arises from the mutual gravitation of the parts is very great. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z The theory of gravitation and the theory of central forces led to the result that the intensity of gravity is variable over the surface of the earth. Development of Gravity Pendulums in the 19th Century Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Papers 34-44 On Science and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 1966 2011-01-22T03:00:16.753Z That attraction which is exerted on all matter, at all distances, is called gravitation. Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology 2011-01-20T03:00:07.073Z Here again is her idea of universal gravitation. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z There are again the curious laws, as they are called, that effect gravitation, that have to be counted upon in the science of architecture, and in all the various kindred crafts of man. The Abiding Presence of the Holy Ghost in the Soul 2011-01-06T03:00:50.440Z For the most part the moon's influence upon the earth is limited to the light which it sends and the effect of its gravitation, chiefly exhibited in the ocean tides. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z The earth will then have the form of an oblate spheroid, and the intensity of gravity as a form of universal gravitation will vary with position on the surface of the earth. Development of Gravity Pendulums in the 19th Century Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Papers 34-44 On Science and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 1966 2011-01-22T03:00:16.753Z Newton's marvellous law of gravitation was coldly received even by the gigantic intellect of Leibnitz himself. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z One of these was Newton's epoch-making discovery of universal gravitation. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z P45 rating **** Galactic Gravity Golf: Based on the admittedly flimsy premise that golf in space would be made more difficult by planets' gravitation pull it proves fiendishly addictive if a little unrealistic. So play the best internet games ever 2010-11-18T17:40:00Z Just how long this handle is, remains unknown, but it may be shown from the law of gravitation that less than a hundred yards of elongation would suffice for the work it has to do. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Since gravity decreases with height above sea level in accordance with the law of gravitation, a free-air reduction must be applied to values of gravity determined above the level of the sea. Development of Gravity Pendulums in the 19th Century Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Papers 34-44 On Science and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 1966 2011-01-22T03:00:16.753Z The stone falls to the ground according to the law of gravitation, but God is behind the law controlling it. With God in the World A Series of Papers 2010-12-20T17:12:19.523Z The man who knew had time to tell the essential part of what he knew: by means of the rays of gravitation, the Shepherd's Star sends its living messages to the earth. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z The law might appear curious, useful, even beautiful, moral gravitation as wonderful as material attraction. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z Their great bulk and small density seem also to indicate that gravitation has not yet produced in them results at all comparable with what we see in sun and stars. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Thus, Newton envisioned his law of gravitation as acting across all space. In Deep Sea, Waves With a Familiar Curl 2010-04-19T21:49:00Z This numerical proportion, as being a necessary consequence of the law of gravitation, must prevail in every system under its sway. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" One would think Sir Isaac Newton's discovery of the system of gravitation did not require a deeper reach of thought than this frivolous pun. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams It is by the attraction of gravitation that all bodies fall to the earth when unsupported.—Bibliography: The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis IV.—Celestial mechanics 46 Kepler's laws—Newton's laws of motion—The law of gravitation—Orbital motion—Perturbations—Masses of the planets—Discovery of Neptune—The tides. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Accepting Kepler's laws as a statement of the facts of planetary motion, he deduced from them his theory of gravitation. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli It is, in fact, rarely employed except in cases where the work is of considerable magnitude and importance, and where the water flows naturally by gravitation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" The fact that the tertiary roots have no specialised sensitiveness of gravitation shows that their unregulated growth is good enough for the necessities of the case. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History It required some effort for me to do this; but gradually I seemed to lose my bodily form, and to become independent of the laws of gravitation. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 This equation, which is the general mathematical expression for the law of gravitation, may be made to yield some curious results. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z His influence is to prevent gravitation from drawing everything to a given point, where all would become a state of rest. What a Young Husband Ought to Know It is for the infinitely small particles of matter what gravitation is for heavy masses. The Mechanism of Life I shall show that certain parts of the plant have the special quality of the perception of gravitation, but we are at present ignorant of how the act of perception is effected. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History The law of gravitation is a statement of the manner in which experience shows that bodies, which are free to move, do, in fact, move towards one another.... The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer Thus it would not be possible for a body moving under the law of gravitation to describe about the sun any such orbit as is shown in Fig. 21. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Professional spirit is a force like gravitation, which in itself is neither good nor bad, but which the engineer uses, when he can, to do his work for him. The Acquisitive Society An ambiguity concerning the action of gravitation is no86 less specific than one regarding color or sound; indeed, the one may be found to involve the other. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude In order to obtain the acid, a series of basins is constructed over the vents, and so arranged as to permit of the passage of water through them by gravitation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" We know of no process of rejuvenescence, by means of which dissipation of energy and the force of gravitation might be counteracted. The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer Chief among these is the case of the planet Mercury, the long diameter of whose orbit is slowly turning around in a way for which the law of gravitation as yet furnishes no explanation. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z I'm just telling you how some things are in this world,--facts, like gravitation and atmospheric pressure. The Preliminaries And Other Stories It is no more a religion than gravitation is. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 And so, where great distances were concerned, the ship simply rushed its fall through on Saturn's line of gravitation. The Secret of the Ninth Planet We used to explain the heavens by gravitation. Victory out of Ruin From the law of gravitation we learn that the ability of a planet to produce perturbations depends directly upon its mass, since the force F which it exerts contains this mass, m', as a factor. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z I am so very, very light That gravitation curbs not me. The Inventions of the Idiot If its principles are mastered a knowledge of evolution is an aid in the conduct of life, as knowledge of gravitation is essential in the building of machinery. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 The discovery of a means of negating, reversing or otherwise utilizing the immense force of gravitation for space flight purposes is now thought to be within the bounds of probability. The Secret of the Ninth Planet "Be not alarmed," said Gud, "I only changed the law of gravitation as it applies to apples." The Book of Gud This is called the gravitation constant, and it evidently furnishes a measure of the specific intensity with which one particle of matter attracts another. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Aside from the attraction of gravitation, therefore, she seems to have been so created as to be incapable of exerting any influence. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes It is as well attested as the theory of gravitation, and its elements are open to less doubt. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 Likewise, in this new instance, a machine to utilize gravitation could not be built until a source of power was developed having the capacity to run it. The Secret of the Ninth Planet And he went out and stopped the storm, and while he was out he destroyed the major portion of the local law of gravitation. The Book of Gud The elastic cords of Fig. 23 stand for the attraction of gravitation by which all the parts of the moon are bound together. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z The influence of magnetism if distinct from gravitation, is second only to that; and its agency in producing the phenomena we are considering is primary and controlling. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes In their essence the factors of evolution are no more laws of progress than the attraction of gravitation is. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 But for gravitation, there had seemed at first no means of manipulating it. The Secret of the Ninth Planet And I do wish so to locate all the unknown stars, and trace all the lost comets, and determine what kept the heavens in order before the law of gravitation was enacted. The Book of Gud And yet, side by side with this spiritual gravitation, there has always been recoil and dread, such as was expressed when Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look upon God. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus Of course the Atomists had no true ideas of gravitation, nor did they understand that there is no absolute up and down. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy |
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