| 单词 | law of gravitation |
| 例句 | This is another verification of Newton's universal law of gravitation. 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 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 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 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 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’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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Newton’s universal law of gravitation works for the planets, but is it really universal? Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 The law of gravitation is not the cause of gravitation. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Bodies fall by virtue of the law of gravitation. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 "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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 The law of gravitation, for instance, formulates the relations existing between particles of matter. Determinism or Free-Will? 2011-09-10T02:00:27.557Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Thus Galileo invented the telescope, and Newton discovered the law of gravitation. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z 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 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 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 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 "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 No law of gravitation or balancing force of planets could do this. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 “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 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 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 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 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 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 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 The law of gravitation tends to aggregate all bodies into one. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z 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 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 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 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 Newton's law of gravitation is "large bodies attract small ones." The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z 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" 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 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 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 This is a fair analysis of the law of gravitation. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z "Be not alarmed," said Gud, "I only changed the law of gravitation as it applies to apples." The Book of Gud They were explained by Newton's discovery of the law of gravitation. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy We now come, however, to a discovery made in direct interpretation of Newton’s great law of gravitation—the discovery of Neptune from its observed disturbance of Uranus. Astronomical Discovery 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 The law of gravitation never forgets anything, never overlooks anything. Five Young Men Messages of Yesterday for the Young Men of To-day 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 Newton proved that Kepler's three laws could be mathematically deduced from the law of gravitation. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Another conceivable alternative is that there was some change in the law of gravitation at the distance of Uranus, which, it must be remembered, is twice as great as that of any planet previously known. Astronomical Discovery 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 If a man falls out of a fifth story window in New York, in Constantinople, or in Calcutta, the law of gravitation is there and the man gets hurt. Five Young Men Messages of Yesterday for the Young Men of To-day 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 The laws of gravitation and attraction hold our souls fast as well as our bodies. On the Heights A Novel She felt as one does in those dreams when, by only holding one's breath and springing upward, one floats delicately free of the law of gravitation—casting off all heaviness of mind and body. Shadows of Flames A Novel 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 In talking with acrobats, I came upon an interesting phenomenon that seems almost like a violation of the laws of gravitation. Careers of Danger and Daring The chickadees, nature's acrobats, turn somersaults among the branches in sheer defiance of the law of gravitation. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road The power that draws all of its particles toward the earth's centre is stated by the laws of gravitation. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place Harry Severn fell yesterday from a scaffold and broke his leg because of the law of gravitation. Almost a Woman The fall of an apple intimated the law of gravitation. John Brown An Address at the 14th Anniversary of Storer College It's based on the laws of gravitation," he answered, "and it's no joke for the man who gets hit. Careers of Danger and Daring Thus in Reid's enumeration of the agreements between the earth and the planets, their revolution round the sun and their obedience to the law of gravitation should count as one point of resemblance. Logic, Inductive and Deductive From this there is no more escape than there is from the law of gravitation. From Bondage to Liberty in Religion A Spiritual Autobiography “Isaac Newton invented the law of gravitation:” say, discovered. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected Still again, and briefly, is justice an inexorable law like the law of gravitation or can its operation have exceptions? Concerning Justice When he began loading and firing he had to “let go” and leave the pants to follow the law of gravitation. Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 As Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry They are all, in their motions, subject to the same law of gravitation as the earth is. Logic, Inductive and Deductive A little later Newton revealed to us the law of gravitation. From Bondage to Liberty in Religion A Spiritual Autobiography The great office came to him by the laws of gravitation and character—to him the clean of hand, and brave of heart. Charles Sumner Centenary The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 14 His hand moving freely is curved round by some law of gravitation from within; that is, there is the most constraining unity in the most abundant variety. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century It is quite well understood that, as Newton himself anticipated, the law of gravitation was but a step, though a very great and important one, in the generalization of cosmic changes and forces. 1931: A Glance at the Twentieth Century Personally I am not a fanatical believer in Free Trade, or, for that matter, in anything else except the law of gravitation and the rules of arithmetic. Are we Ruined by the Germans? The law of gravitation was suggested by the fall of an apple. Sowing and Reaping Kepler and Newton showed that these bodies were not governed in their motions by a god but by the law of gravitation. Communism and Christianism Analyzed and Contrasted from the Marxian and Darwinian Points of View Were this so-called law of gravitation to cease to operate, the entire plan of our universe would be sadly disarranged. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science Had he forgotten the law of gravitation and the principles of architecture? Bible Romances First Series The long body, in spite of its wonderful construction, and of the attitudes in which it is frequently drawn, is no less subject to the laws of gravitation than that of a hedgehog. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales "The only law I can see in the matter," said Lord Maclaren, "is the law of gravitation." Law and Laughter Newton established the fact that the movements of the stars in their courses are naturally regulated by the law of gravitation, not supernaturally by the will of a god. Communism and Christianism Analyzed and Contrasted from the Marxian and Darwinian Points of View We express this fact in terms of a so-called law of gravitation, and every one, consciously or unconsciously, gives full deference to this law. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science If we carry a load uphill, we have to choose our footing, and will perforce become intimately acquainted with the law of gravitation. The Social Principles of Jesus Just as we know of no exceptions to the law of gravitation, so there are no exceptions to the law of death. The Soul of a People The impropriety of thinking or speaking of the ether as matter of any kind will be apparent if one reflects upon the significance of the law of gravitation as stated. The Machinery of the Universe Mechanical Conceptions of Physical Phenomena There is a law already ‘voted for’ in the case, which majorities can no more repeal than they can the law of gravitation. Leading Articles on Various Subjects The great Newton had by his law of gravitation brought order into the heavens. The Meaning of Evolution No man before him ever took such liberties with the law of gravitation or performed such dare-devil pranks at dizzy altitudes up in the sky. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War A stone obeys passively the law of gravitation; a plant resists it, rises into the air in opposition to it. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors No fundamental principles were known until the law of gravitation was discovered. The Machinery of the Universe Mechanical Conceptions of Physical Phenomena Cups should hold more than an actual thimbleful, though they need not hold a pint, and should bear some relation to the laws of gravitation in their poise upon the saucer. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society The law of gravitation, for example, is empirical. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies Newton discovered, but did not —— the law of gravitation. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions The law of gravitation seems to have been suspended when he walked on the sea, &c. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors The law of gravitation is held as being universal. The Machinery of the Universe Mechanical Conceptions of Physical Phenomena This has been made known to us by the working of the wonderful law of gravitation, which is obeyed throughout the whole universe. The Children's Book of Stars There is something almost startling in their appearance of companionship with the huge planet—this sudden verification to your eyes of the laws of gravitation and of central forces. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers "Consider for a moment that the laws of magnetism, insofar as concerns the relation between distance and power of attraction, are exactly matched by the laws of gravitation." Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 And more than that: he found suns revolving round suns, at distances such as the mind reels at, still obeying the same law of gravitation as pulls an apple from a tree. Pioneers of Science The comet of 1680 was the first whose orbit was calculated according to the laws of gravitation. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language The discoveries of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo had raised it to a position of lofty eminence, though the law of gravitation, which accounts for the form and permanency of the planetary orbits, still remained undiscovered. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' By the law of gravitation it naturally falls upon the desk and lies there, attracted downward by that natural law which makes heavy bodies fall to the earth. Days of Heaven Upon Earth The age succeeding Newton's had for its special task to demonstrate the universal validity, and trace the complex results, of the law of gravitation. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition We may treat Kepler's laws either as immediate consequences of the law of gravitation, or as the known facts upon which that law was founded. Pioneers of Science None can know their hour; but descend they must, by all the laws of gravitation, with resistless energy, sweeping all before them. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Both must succumb to the laws of Nature,—the laws of gravitation,—or rather of specific gravity,—and sink below the surface,—down, down into the fathomless and unknown abysm of the ocean. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea But there is a stronger law than the law of gravitation—my own life and will. Days of Heaven Upon Earth Newton himself was aware that by the law of gravitation the stability of the solar system was endangered. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville Now they were recognized as perfectly obedient to the law of gravitation, and revolving round the sun like everything else—as members, in fact, of our solar system, though not necessarily permanent members. Pioneers of Science The ultimate fact of astronomical science, therefore, is not the law of gravitation, but the adjustment between this law and other laws, so as to produce and maintain the existing order. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles The law of gravitation accordingly bids us search for a method by which the intensity of this stress can be mitigated. The Story of the Heavens The law of vitality has made me free from the law of gravitation. Days of Heaven Upon Earth At last his body ascended from the earth, and passed up to heaven, subject no longer to the laws of gravitation. Personal Friendships of Jesus Some thought that the exact law of gravitation did not apply to so distant a body. Pioneers of Science The only plausible argument in the above quotation from Comte is, that the whole phenomena of the solar system are adequately explained by the law of gravitation, without the intervention of any intelligent purpose. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles We see that they are obedient to the great laws of gravitation, and afford a striking illustration of their truth. The Story of the Heavens A dew-drop 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.” Spare Hours So Chesterton pictures God, giving His name to what others, including Christians, call natural law, or the laws of God, or the laws of gravitation, conservation of energy, and so on, but always laws. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study He next examined the various hypotheses that had been suggested to account for them:—Was it a failure in the law of gravitation? Pioneers of Science The "law of gravitation" must, therefore, be simply the statement of a fact, the expression of an observed order of phenomena. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles It gives us grounds for believing that the law of gravitation is obeyed throughout the length, breadth, and depth of the entire visible universe. The Story of the Heavens Sir Isaac Newton seeing the apple fall, and thence ‘guessing’ at the law of gravitation, is a good instance of εὐστοχία. Spare Hours His greatest work was his study of binary stars and the demonstration of his belief that the law of gravitation is universal in its application. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Natural Science is not the invention of man, more than is the law of gravitation, the law of equilibrium, or the binomial theorem. The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology It is the grand moral law of gravitation in the heavenly economy. Memories of Bethany That whisper told us that the law of gravitation was not peculiar to the solar system. The Story of the Heavens But I cannot set the law of gravitation at defiance, nor determine that in my house I will not allow ice to melt, when the temperature is above thirty-two degrees. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing After all, the rivers flow according to the laws of gravitation. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities They might as well try to destroy the law of gravitation, or imagine that by murdering the foremost mathematician of the day that they had destroyed the science of mathematics. The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology To all intents and purposes, the law of gravitation is partly suspended, and when stone and wooden wedge accidentally slip from one’s hand and disappear in opposite directions, it is confusing, to say the least. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Our description of the heavenly bodies must undergo a slight interruption, while we illustrate with appropriate detail an important principle, known as the law of gravitation, which underlies the whole of astronomy. The Story of the Heavens That thrice blessed picture had drawn them together by a force as unseen and irresistible as the law of gravitation! The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley It leaps and bumps and slides, propelled by the breeze and the law of gravitation, down the decorously paved hill, in company with a little cloud of dust and some scraps of dirty paper. The Prodigal Father They are supposed to be undergoing various and progressive changes of form, as condensation proceeds around one or more nuclei in conformity with the laws of gravitation. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science The law of gravitation will illustrate what occurs in any advanced science. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays We shall find, too, that the law of gravitation sheds some much-needed light on the nature of the stars situated at the remotest distances in space. The Story of the Heavens Galileo’s theory was not proved but merely made probable, until the existence of the laws of gravitation was established, and it was Newton who discovered gravitation. Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget I replied: "I can't see where the problem comes in; to a Scot co-education is not a thing that has to be supported by argument; he accepts it as he accepts the law of gravitation." A Dominie in Doubt A person convinced that the law of gravitation is suspended is no fool for walking into a bog. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 Moreover, we may remember that it is one of the laws of gravitation that it increases in proportion to the "square of the proximity," as they say in social science. The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations It has led to marvellous discoveries, in which the law of gravitation has enabled us to anticipate the telescope, and to feel the existence of bodies before those bodies have even been seen. The Story of the Heavens Hence a very common and a very practical question: Is there an underlying law, like the law of gravitation, fundamentally and permanently governing life, in spite of its apparent direction by ideal and aspiration? The Approach to Philosophy In these frenzies she would answer no appliance and obey no other mechanical law than the law of gravitation. Tam o' the Scoots The sense of moral obligation underlies his weightier utterances, as the law of gravitation underlies scientific demonstrations,—not talked of, but assumed. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement The law of gravitation enunciated by Newton is, that every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force which diminishes as the square of the distance increases. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 It is based upon the great law of gravitation, and is intimately associated with the splendid discoveries in planetary perturbation which form so striking a chapter in modern astronomical discovery. The Story of the Heavens The law of gravitation is one of the most universally operative; but every bird rising upon its wings, every dog in its leaps, yea, the grasshopper springing from the earth, sets this law at defiance. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy I didn't make the laws of the State any more than I made the law of gravitation. The Root of Evil We can no more elude the laws of human development than we can elude the law of gravitation; and so long as they hold true must these effects occur. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VI (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland IV When the law of gravitation first suggested itself to the mind of Newton, what did he do? Fragments of science, V. 1-2 We have good reasons for knowing that in this marvellous Saturnian system the law of gravitation is paramount. The Story of the Heavens The law of telepathy is as supreme in the spiritual universe as are the laws of gravitation and attraction in the physical universe. The Life Radiant This is the fundamental law of history and Sociology, recognized the world over, as much as the law of gravitation. The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 Madmen are not mad all the time, and the fact that Sir Isaac Newton was for a time unbalanced does not lessen our regard for the "Principia," nor consign to limbo the law of gravitation. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 He drawed the line right there, for He knowed if God saved Him by stoppin' the law of gravitation it meant the wreck of the world.” The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills We know that the laws of Kepler are a consequence of the laws of gravitation. The Story of the Heavens It is an actual, a positive law, as impossible to evade as the law of gravitation. The Life Radiant Drainpipes afford the same facility for water to soak out at the lower side, as to enter on the upper, and there is the same law of gravitation to operate in each case. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles Such are the law of gravitation, the laws of optics or of chemical combination. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge We have learnt that, by calculations made in accordance with the law of gravitation, some planets were discovered exactly in the place where they should be. Creative Unity The object to which we refer has had a striking career during which it has provided many illustrations of the law of gravitation. The Story of the Heavens He thought that it was contrary to the spirit of the laws of gravitation to exclude any planet from office on account of the eccentricity or inclination of his orbit. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I It is everywhere, in the heart as a mighty principle of evil pulling us down as the law of gravitation pulls material substances toward the earth's center. And Judas Iscariot Together with other evangelistic addresses We only recognize the law, and are no more responsible for its existence than for the law of gravitation. Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles Faith, Mr. Cinch, is the ethical law of gravitation. Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life Laplace, however, showed that if the satellites revolved nearly in this way, then their mutual perturbations, in accordance with the law of gravitation, would preserve them in this relative position for ever. The Story of the Heavens We are also happy to state, that there is no truth in the rumor of the laws of gravitation being about to be repealed. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I Their instinctive affinity for terra firma makes one wonder why they, rather than the apple, did not suggest the law of gravitation to someone long before Newton. Pipefuls Without much difficulty the ballast was hoisted out of the sunken craft, and obedient to the law of gravitation, she came to the surface. Breaking Away or The Fortunes of a Student Are the planets excluded from the law of gravitation because suns are filled with fire and light? Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. Newton showed that the law of gravitation would permit a body to move in an ellipse of this very extreme type no less than in one of the more ordinary proportions. The Story of the Heavens The reason we say the law of gravitation holds true is because in every instance where observations or experiments have been made, the results have tallied precisely with expectations based upon the generalization. Human Traits and their Social Significance Race prejudice is as much a fact as the law of gravitation, and it is as foolish to ignore the operation of one as of the other. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time Hence Emerson, of the rational school, is philosophically accurate when he deduces purity of heart, or uprightness of intention, and the law of gravitation from the same source. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles It is as easy to evade the law of gravitation as the law of responsibility. Life and Conduct Kepler had determined from observation that the paths of the planets were ellipses, and Newton had shown how this fact was a consequence of the law of gravitation. The Story of the Heavens As early as 1666, he discovered the law of gravitation, but it was not till the eve of the Revolution that his "Principia" revealed to the world his new theory of the universe. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries Geordie was having it out with the law of gravitation. St. Cuthbert's The very laws of gravitation themselves may go askew!” Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia being the adventures of Prince Prigio's son It almost seemed as if his guilty desire had passed into the weapons and intensified the laws of gravitation—they came to the rock with such a clatter. The Madman and the Pirate The law of gravitation, however, does not merely say that the sun attracts each planet. The Story of the Heavens Dr. Holmes’s own wit, for example, is as certain as the law of gravitation, but over all these pages of his hangs vagueness, and we scan them in vain for reassuring details. Obiter Dicta Second Series By the law of gravitation it sinks with rapidly increasing momentum. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power The laws of finance, like the laws of military strategy, were never invented by anybody, any more than the law of gravitation or the law of electrical attraction and repulsion. Forty-Six Years in the Army Newton discovered the law of gravitation before he was twenty-one, but one slight error in a measurement of the earth's circumference interfered with a demonstration of the correctness of his theory. Pushing to the Front Great as was the success of the eminent French mathematician who made these beautiful discoveries, it was left for this century to witness the crowning triumph of mathematical analysis applied to the law of gravitation. The Story of the Heavens We read that sir Isaac Newton, sitting in his garden one day, "Chanced to see an apple fall to the ground," and this set him to thinking, and he discovered the laws of gravitation. How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success The ‘law of gravitation’ acts; Nature’s laws do none of them forget to act. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Don't you know that the law of gravitation is against you? Sermons on Biblical Characters There was a needle but no pole; there was a law of gravitation, but nothing to justify the power of attraction. The Letter of the Contract Over these small particles the law of gravitation would resume its undivided sway, no longer obscured by the superior efficiency of the repulsion. The Story of the Heavens The law of gravitation is committed against its staying there. Sophisms of the Protectionists In the rapture of prayer, the ascetic and the saint alike rise in the air, and spurn the law of gravitation with the other incidents of matter. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II It has been, however, proposed to manufacture power by the law of gravitation, according to which all bodies attract each other, directly in proportion to their mass, and inversely as the square of their distances. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity Up to now the Astronef had obeyed the laws of gravitation and repulsion with absolute exactness. A Honeymoon in Space But the law of gravitation is not so limited. The Story of the Heavens Is it the cloth-manufacturer who has created the laws of gravitation, transmission of forces and of affinities? Sophisms of the Protectionists Law of sympathy and harmony inflexible as the law of gravitation, 244-u. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Take, for another example, the greatest law of physics—Newton's law of gravitation. The New Heavens It was through the falling of an apple in the garden of Mrs. Conduitt at Woolthorpe, near Grantham, Sir Isaac Newton was led to discover the great law of gravitation which regulates the whole universe. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure The moon also occupies an exceptional position in the history of astronomy; for the law of gravitation, the greatest discovery that science has yet witnessed, was chiefly accomplished by observations of the moon. The Story of the Heavens If a magnet be held over some iron filings the latter will fly upwards and cling to it, but this involves no interference with the law of gravitation. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era God's great law of sympathy and harmony is potent and inflexible as His law of gravitation. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry This seems to me as sure a teaching of science as the law of gravitation.... What is Darwinism? It compares with the facts as the supposition that the planets are swung around the sun by material chains compares with the law of gravitation. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life The four chief satellites of Jupiter have special interest for the mathematician, who finds in them a most striking instance of the universality of the law of gravitation. The Story of the Heavens Herbert Spencer called Gladstone's attention to the fact that Sir Isaac Newton, with his law of gravitation and the physical science of astronomy, was open to the same charge. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists Newton, dozing under an apple-tree, is hit on the head by a falling apple, and there follows the law of gravitation. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Starting, then, with these data,—matter, force, and the law of gravitation,—what must happen? A Candid Examination of Theism But he claims no moral or human attributes or rights for his level; it simply acts in obedience to the principle it embodies—the law of gravitation. The Last Harvest I am not now speaking of Einstein’s more recent theory of general relativity by which he deduces his modification of the law of gravitation. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 Does not this declare that it is unsafe to depend too absolutely on the strict wording of the Newtonian law of gravitation. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence Accordingly, I commenced lowering old Soap-stick; but, in spite of all my muscular powers, she was strictly obedient to the laws of gravitation, and came down with a uniformly accelerated velocity. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) For, in the first place, no one need now resort to the illogical supposition that "the law of gravitation or any other physical law has of itself determined the course of cosmical evolution." A Candid Examination of Theism You might as well show your originality by defying the law of gravitation. The Autobiography of a Play Papers on Play-Making, II I need hardly say that in this particular of the formulation of the law of gravitation I have drawn on the general method of procedure which constitutes his great discovery. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 It is also suspected that the southern hemisphere is more compressed than the northern; and other phenomena also point out the inadequacy of the law of gravitation, to account for the figure of the earth. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence Suppose that another man, coming that way and finding him there, should, instead of hastening to give or to bring aid, begin to lecture on the law of gravitation, taking the tree as an illustration. What Social Classes Owe to Each Other This one law, of course, would have been the law of gravitation. A Candid Examination of Theism Only theories which stand in the air can thus defy the law of gravitation. Our Unitarian Gospel To Newton we owe the studies on the law of gravitation which brought us to our present large conception as to the origin of this order. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography The same may also be deduced from the different values of the moon’s mass as derived from different phenomena, dependent on the law of gravitation. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence Such are the law of gravitation, in Astronomy; the law of definite proportions, in Chemistry; the law of heredity, in Biology; and in Psychology, the law of relativity. Logic Deductive and Inductive But they afford a captivating field for speculation, which need not be altogether avoided, for it offers some graphic illustrations of the law of gravitation. Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries For about five minutes I defied all the laws of gravitation. The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua The law of gravitation accounts for the various phenomena of motion, the falling of a stone, the jet of a fountain, the orbits of the planets, and so forth. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" Does this, however, correspond with the law of gravitation? Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence Sometimes the agents are known, and only the law of their operation is hypothetical, as was at first the case with the law of gravitation itself. Logic Deductive and Inductive We like to know that the discovery of the law of gravitation was born of the fall of an apple in an English garden on a summer afternoon. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country During the evenings, he would gather us about him, and illustrate some mathematical problem, or, giving us a dissertation upon natural science, would expound the laws of gravitation, etc. The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua Surely there is an upward law of gravitation as well as a gravitation that pulls things down. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters This may also influence the law of gravitation. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence When placed against a wall the need for a pillow may vanish, but the meaning and use of the niche becomes apparent, while the tassels no longer defy the laws of gravitation. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres She was only a young girl, who would fall to the ground and be slain by the awful law of gravitation of the spirit without love. The Portion of Labor With a blush of conscious virtue your enormities I see: And I wish that a reversal of the laws of gravitation Would prevent your vicious current from contaminating me! Lyra Frivola There are no mountains in Holland, so water never runs; it may move, but the law of gravitation there only acts to keep things quiet. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters That a concussion would not add to its velocity is certain, and the departure in a hyperbolic orbit would be contrary to the law of gravitation. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence He must remember that the aristocratic prestige is a growth of centuries, that it has come to form part of the atmosphere, that it is often accepted as unconsciously as the law of gravitation. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin It is a cruel fall for an apple of the eye to the ground, for its law of gravitation is of the soul, and its fall shocks the infinite. The Portion of Labor Minds who have experienced this action of a Superior Power upon them cannot possibly look upon the Supreme Being as revealing Himself merely by the laws of gravitation, or electricity, or natural selection. The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself The will or tendency of the needle, as generally understood, would be overcome, the natural law of gravitation would lose its influence, by the counteracting power of the loadstone. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. And in his Introduction to the Theory of the Moon, he remarks: “Hence it incontestibly follows, that the law of gravitation is the sole cause of the lunar inequalities.” Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence There is a law of gravitation for the soul as well as for the body, and Maria felt as one who had fallen from a known quantity into strangeness, with a horrible shock. By the Light of the Soul A Novel In defiance of the law of gravitation, he poses his upper figures so as to form a solid pyramid, wide at the base, and tapering abruptly to the apex. The Madonna in Art In this case the law of gravitation is not violated, or even suspended, but the force of gravitation is counteracted or modified by another force. The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself But the laws of nature have willed otherwise, and the strongest of us know that it is needless to go into litigation with the laws of gravitation, or spontaneous combustion. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope To reconcile the existence of an ethereal medium with the law of gravitation, and to show the harmony between them. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence Everything said in the school always came back, by some mysterious law of gravitation. By the Light of the Soul A Novel The phaenomena of Astronomy depend on these three classes of laws, and on the law of gravitation besides; which last has no influence on the truths of number, geometry, or mechanics. Auguste Comte and Positivism Take the most universal of all so-called "laws," the law of gravitation. The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself As a matter of fact, there is more phosphorus in our daily bread than would have sufficed Shakespeare to write 'Hamlet,' or Newton to discover the law of gravitation. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science If planetary matter becomes involved in any vortex, it introduces the law of gravitation, which counteracts the expulsive force of the radial stream, and is thus enabled to retain its position in the centre. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence In the second book he treats of the law of gravitation, and the movements of the centres of gravity of the celestial bodies. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Though he tried to explain this by placing a visiting-card on an orange and expounding the law of gravitation, Mrs. Allgood declined to accept the statement. Amusements in Mathematics The law of gravitation is the limitation imposed upon that mysterious force which appears to reside in all matter, that it should attract all other matter. The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself He is famous as having discovered the law of gravitation. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson That any change in the eccentricities of the planetary orbits will neither increase nor diminish the action of the radial stream of the vortex, and consequently will not interfere with the law of gravitation. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence Nay, even the grand discovery of all—the law of gravitation—depended for its proof upon an operation of physical science, the measurement of a degree on the Earth's surface. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library But Newton's law of gravitation reduced the whole to the greatest simplicity. The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity His Projectile was proving intractable to the laws of gravitation. All Around the Moon A good illustration of a scientific principle is the natural law of gravitation. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope So is what we call the law of gravitation a disagreeable thing; all the same, we know that if we fall off a house-roof we shall break our necks. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas As far as he knew, the balloon was motionless, while the earth was dropping rapidly from under them as if the laws of gravitation were irrevocably broken and the world was falling through space. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V It is too true, as some philosopher has said, that if a property interest depended on it, there would soon be plenty of able men to deny the law of gravitation. If Not Silver, What? It is sometimes said that God could not suspend one of His laws without stopping the universe, but do we not suspend or overcome the law of gravitation every day? The Art of Public Speaking Such a principle as the law of gravitation, like evolution, is true if the basic facts are true, if they are reasonably related, and if the conclusion is drawn reasonably from them. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope It seems more reasonable to conclude that the youthful discoverer of the law of gravitation intended by the combination of these opposite attractions to produce a balanced movement. The Uses of Astronomy An Oration Delivered at Albany on the 28th of July, 1856 It is a striking proof of the extraordinary solidity and tenacity of Roman architecture, defying the laws of gravitation. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood So, too, of man, here is the view, once a theory, but now as firmly established as the law of gravitation. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1884 Yet the great law of gravitation is stronger still, and the planet swings smoothly through its beautiful ether. The Education of Catholic Girls It is the universal law of gravitation which guides their path; solar attraction governs them, as it governs the movement of the planets and the small satellites. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky A dew-drop and a planet are both spheres, moulded by the same law of gravitation. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Bless me! this new system of France, after changing all other laws, reverses the law of gravitation. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) He seemed to defy the laws of gravitation. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans Alcohol—would you believe it?—steadies his nerves and keens his brain: which is against the laws of gravitation, you might say. The Ragged Edge All the hundreds of acorns rolled down the slopes, Not one rolled up; and here was a law,—the law of gravitation,—in full activity. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Chugg sipped and sipped, and sometimes swore and sometimes muttered, and as the day wore on his driving not only became a challenge to the endurance of the horses, but to the laws of gravitation. Judith of the Plains The lighter gas rises and the heavier sinks by law of gravitation. Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects To astronomy, the calculation of eclipses, and the laws of gravitation he devoted much thought, guided by the most scientific men England could then produce. The Empire of Russia The universal law of gravitation would naturally have drawn His feet through the surface of the water and His whole body down. Quiet Talks on John's Gospel The chief steward stood near, balancing himself in apparent defiance of the laws of gravitation, for the ship was now pitching and rolling with a mad zeal. The Wings of the Morning And by a law which is as unerring as the law of gravitation, he became more and more sensual as age advanced. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 A great German thinker began his work on the human soul with a discussion of the law of gravitation. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 The Constitution was founded on the law of gravitation. The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People By a law of gravitation, natural only in that Melting Pot of Nations, Chicago, he had come across an Albanian wife. Jaffery This law is as immovable as the law of gravitation. The Goose Girl The existence of the law of gravitation beyond our solar system. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 An architect who should boastingly discard the law of gravitation in favor of a different theory would stand little chance of being intrusted with the construction of a palace of peace. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference The law of gravitation unanchored, the world moved out of its place. New Tabernacle Sermons Sometimes at dinner our soup poured into our laps and seemed engaged in reconstructing the laws of gravitation. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life In such houses were usually to be seen gaudy-colored carpets, imitation lace curtains, and a what-not in the corner that seemed ready to go into dissolution through the law of gravitation. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors When that fact is stated generally, we get the law of gravitation. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) Water may run up hill in Boston; but it obeys the law of gravitation in other places. Grappling with the Monster The Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink Can these be completely accounted for by the mutual attractions of the bodies, according to the law of gravitation as enunciated by Sir Isaac Newton? A Librarian's Open Shelf I consider this statement as merely displaying the most ordinary and even superficial acquaintance with the laws of gravitation. Sweetapple Cove The law of gravitation, this very instant, rules as peacefully and supremely in every atom of matter, as it did on the morning of creation. Sermons to the Natural Man The Labor members will find that the immutable laws of political economy take no more notice of their ambitions and aspirations than the law of gravitation. Back to Methuselah Sir Isaac Newton, the mathematician, who analyzed light and discovered the law of gravitation. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great 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. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics A little more and it would have been Newton's law of gravitation applied to moral order. The Moon-Voyage Should material nature be "delivered" from the law of gravitation, chaos would come again. Sermons to the Natural Man Could Spenser have discovered the law of gravitation? Essays Æsthetical In like manner, the law of gravitation, which was demonstrated from the motion of the moon in her orbit round this earth, when applied to the paths of comets, explained that appearance. Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) A man of large schemes, altogether accordant with French interests, but not, unfortunately, with facts and law of gravitation. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History Of these attendant bodies which the sun maintains in their elliptical orbit by the great law of gravitation, some possess satellites of their own. The Moon-Voyage He cleanses the heart and then gives to life the law of love which should pervade all human relationships, as the law of gravitation pervades the universe. In His Image This force, fluid, agency, or what you will, counteracts the laws of gravitation, and compels tables, or pots, to move untouched. Cock Lane and Common-Sense The man who, in the future, may learn why the law of gravitation operates as it does, may open untapped reservoirs of power for himself, for all humanity, and for all future generations. Analyzing Character Is it possible that the stone should refuse obedience to the laws of gravitation? The Man Who Laughs The question is, therefore, how progressively to overcome this law of gravitation. The Moon-Voyage We are no more called upon to defend the Bible than we are to defend the law of gravitation. Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography You don’t find the Royal Society investigating second sight, or attending to legends about tables which rebel against the law of gravitation.’ Cock Lane and Common-Sense The man who learns that the law involved in this fact is the law of gravitation has learned something which he may be able to apply in a thousand ways. Analyzing Character He allowed distance to intervene between himself and his star and, by the unknown and terrible laws of gravitation in such things, distance is immediate loss. The Man Who Laughs Lunar Theory, an explanation by mathematical reasoning of perturbations in the movements of the moon founded on the law of gravitation. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Like the law of gravitation and the law of projectiles, the theory must be interpreted with relation to actual conditions. Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II He also applied the law of gravitation to explain irregularities in the lunar motions, the precession of the equinoctial points, and the orbits of comets. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters A second ballot was begun at last, and, obeying a force as sure as the law of gravitation, the former complimentary votes came rushing to Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 Such, notably, are the poems to Laura, in which the lover's raptures are linked with the law of gravitation and the preestablished harmony of the world. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes They are the laws which govern the work of the philanthropic reformer just as the laws of gravitation, of wind and of weather govern the operation of the engineer. Darkest India A Supplement to General Booth's "In Darkest England, and the Way Out" Bang went the springs together; and, despite of all the laws of gravitation, madame and I kept bobbing up and down, and into one another's laps. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada With wonderful sagacity Newton traced the consequences of the law of gravitation. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters Though you be saint or sage, no matter, the inexorable laws of gravitation are around you. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 The heavens and the earth are made subject to the same law of gravitation. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time The thoughts of worldly men are for ever regulated by a moral law of gravitation, which, like the physical one, holds them down to earth. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty Now, of those attendant bodies which the sun maintains in their elliptical orbits by the great law of gravitation, some few in turn possess satellites. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon Edison's persistence in reducing the cost of his operations is noteworthy in connection with his screening and drying inventions, in which the utmost advantage is taken of the law of gravitation. Edison, His Life and Inventions And he discovers the law of gravitation which governs the existence of every material atom in the universe. Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers They were always changing, but the principles of their change were as fixed as the law of gravitation. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies We do not substitute gravitation for God, when we say that the planets are sustained in their orbits by the law of gravitation. Glaucus, or the Wonders of the Shore Newton must needs expose his, by a still more lamentable attempt to prove the Apocalypse as true as his own discovery of the laws of gravitation. Tracks of a Rolling Stone This paved the way for Newton's law of gravitation—one of the grandest laws of the universe. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography With my law of gravitation I point to a speck in space and say: "You'll find a new planet there," and you find it. Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers They are the laws which govern the work of the philanthropic reformer, just as the laws of gravitation, of wind and of weather, govern the operations of the engineer. In Darkest England and the Way Out "Blame if you like, Madam," he seemed to say, "the eternal laws of gravitation, but not a helpless puppet, who is also an orphan and a stranger in the land." The Golden Age Conscience is, to the individual soul, and to society, what the law of gravitation is to the universe. My Bondage and My Freedom It was this: from the observed perturbations of a known planet to deduce by calculation, assuming only Newton's law of gravitation, the mass and orbit of an unknown disturbing body. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The feeble-minded agnostic seizes the law of gravitation and thinks he can discard God with gravity's help. Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers Natural towers, large scarps, cut perpendicularly, like a "curtain," inclined at an angle which the laws of gravitation could never have tolerated in terrestrial regions. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea He discovered the law of gravitation, and by it explained all the broader phenomena of nature, such as the movements of the planets, the shape and revolution of the earth, the succession of the tides. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 "Why, if you are not more careful," she languidly made answer, "I am afraid that, owing to the laws of gravitation, a broken neck is what follows logically." The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking Its mathematical prediction was not only an unsurpassed intellectual feat; it showed also that Newton's law of gravitation, which Airy had almost called in question, prevailed even to the utmost bounds of the solar system. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Instead of a radiant Apollo, we have the law of gravitation. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Newton's law of gravitation was argued against and rejected by a whole generation of philosophers on the continent of Europe; yet it has prevailed. Slavery Ordained of God As to why the law of gravitation exists, why bodies tend to come together, the philosopher had little suggestion to offer, and the present generation knows no more than he. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 The laws of gravitation would require a solar atmosphere to be distributed symmetrically around the sun, while the corona is enormously irregular in form. Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 It is a new planet born," said Edmund, "and the law of gravitation will pay it as much attention as if it were a Jupiter. A Columbus of Space It strikes me as inaccurate to say that Newton discovered the law of gravitation. A Strange Discovery To implore the law of gravitation to suspend its action would no doubt be a grotesque prayer. Amiel's Journal The calculations, leading to the discovery of Neptune, went far to establish the Copernican theory as well as the law of gravitation, and to disprove the Ptolemaic theory. The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments And men have devised ingenious machines through which Nature may tell us the invariable laws of gravitation, and give some hint as to why it is true. Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 It was not the drachma that lost itself, but it was the law of gravitation that lost it, and it had no power of resistance. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke In the sense that Columbus discovered America—in that sense, Newton discovered the law of gravitation: Columbus imagined an America, and then proceeded to make a physical demonstration of his belief by discovering the Bahamas. A Strange Discovery Aerial chariots flashed above, and men, women, and children moved through the air entirely regardless of the law of gravitation. The Ghost of Guir House The law of gravitation, and every other proven theory harmonizes with all the facts and with all other true theories. The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments I refer to the three greatest events in science: the discovery of the Copernican system, the three laws of Kepler, and Newton's law of gravitation, none of which is due to direct and special experimentation. Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 It is, then, to Sir William Herschel that we owe the extension of the law of gravitation, beyond the limits of the solar system, to the whole universe. History of Astronomy But it is impossible to imagine Time with a body as it is to imagine a painting embodying Newton's law of gravitation. Imaginations and Reveries The law of gravitation is equally fulfilled in a falling body, in a body suspended by a string, and in a body borne up by the ministry of an angel. Moral Philosophy So ruthlessly does the pure and reliable science of mathematics shatter the theory of evolution, which so called scientists claim is as firmly established as the law of gravitation. The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments The universality of the laws of gravitation stimulated the attempt to seek other and equally important natural laws and cast grave doubts on the miracles in which mankind had hitherto believed. The Mind in the Making The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform As Laplace justly said: “These inequalities appeared formerly to be inexplicable by the law of gravitation—they now form one of its most striking proofs.” History of Astronomy Contradictions and confutations keep slanders and heresies above water, which the law of gravitation would dispose of if they were left alone. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark Far greater than any of these men was Sir Isaac Newton, who discovered the law of gravitation and the differential calculus. Early European History You have discovered that the law of gravitation is universal and that the motions of the stars resemble those of the solar system. Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World In a later development, his Unified Field Theory, the great physicist embodies in one mathematical formula the laws of gravitation and of electromagnetism. Autobiography of a Yogi But this would have been incompatible with the law of gravitation and with the earthly materials of which our bodies are framed. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature Two things have been concerned in the case: first, the love of violent exercise, and second, the law of gravitation. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation I do not think she would ever have discovered the laws of gravitation; but she might have jumped off a precipice to prove them, if she had been bidden. Men, Women, and Ghosts The law of gravitation surely held us, although with less force than we had been accustomed to, on account of the smaller size of the moon; and how were we to get away from it? Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World "How does he remain in the air, defying the law of gravitation?" Autobiography of a Yogi Ten thousand pounds of shot seemed tied to my head, as the irresistible law of gravitation dragged me, head foremost and straight as a die, toward the infallible centre of this terraqueous globe. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War The whole mass would then necessarily settle into a spherical form by virtue of the law of gravitation; in short, would then become a planet revolving round the sun. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation The necessity to a maritime state of a powerful navy, including abundant resources for manning it, is now no more disputed than the law of gravitation. Sea-Power and Other Studies I am sure of that, for the law of gravitation will never release it. Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World The law of gravitation worked as efficiently before Newton as after him. Autobiography of a Yogi If existence after death were proved and became a scientific fact like the law of gravitation, a revealed religion might lose its power. A History of Freedom of Thought Thus the perception of the even, elliptical courses of the heavenly bodies led to the statement of the law of gravitation and the laws of motion. Supply and Demand His lordship, Kildee, having imbibed rather freely himself, kept him company, and for a few seconds they remained at the bottom of the flight, dividing their time between studying astronomy and the laws of gravitation. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established One might as well have an opinion about Virtue or the law of gravitation. The Boss of Little Arcady Were they caused by a failure in the law of gravitation or by the presence of a resisting medium? The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 But once you get hold of the law of gravitation you can dispense with the necessity of collecting facts ad infinitum. Sadhana : the realisation of life The denizens of that mountain camp slid, by an irresistible law of gravitation, away from civil order, from social beneficence, and from humanity. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" And this is exactly what the law of gravitation demands; stars cannot approach one another with impunity, with regard either to their physical make-up or their future independence of movement. Curiosities of the Sky He proved from his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion the truth of Kepler's laws of ellipitical planetary motion. Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III I seem to have overcome a good bit of the law of gravitation. On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake What is the discovery of the laws of gravitation as compared with the knowledge which sleeps in every hen’s egg upon a kitchen shelf? Life and Habit At the utmost, it is to thought the same, as the law of gravitation is to loco-motion. Biographia Literaria We should look simply to the law of gravitation for an explanation, and, naturally, the center would be placed within the opening enclosed by the Milky Way. Curiosities of the Sky He demonstrated from data collected from the comet of 1680 that comets moved according to his law of gravitation. Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III Of one thing they were sure, however: The law of gravitation had been partly overcome. On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake Really, they seemed to move just as freely and certainly on the tree-trunk as if they were on the ground, with no such thing in sight as the law of gravitation. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations Make human nature divine by writing it on paper that it is so, pile water into a pyramid upside down, and repeal the law of gravitation by the vote of a mob. The One Woman Principles such as the law of gravitation are proved, or rather are rendered highly probable, by a combination of experience with some wholly a priori principle, such as the principle of induction. The Problems of Philosophy But by so sharply distinguishing between Newton and Kepler, do we not do injustice to the fact that, as the world believes, Kepler's third law is the parent of Newton's law of gravitation? Man or Matter "Has the law of gravitation lost its power over us—and over the flying machine?" On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake The pendulum cannot long stay in a position which flies so completely in the face of the law of gravitation. The Recreations of a Country Parson Had the girls been more nearly of equal weight, their plan would have worked better; but as Marjorie was so much heavier than Molly, the laws of gravitation claimed her, and she went swiftly down. Marjorie's Vacation The same applies to the law of causality, or, to descend to what is less general, to such principles as the law of gravitation. The Problems of Philosophy Now it is said that Kepler's third law is a necessary consequence of Newton's law of gravitation, and that - since it is based on pure observation - it therefore establishes the truth of Newton's conception. Man or Matter Can you cause things to fall off the earth against the law of gravitation? The Religion of the Samurai A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan But we cannot alter the psychic law of equity any more than we can alter the material law of gravitation. Ziska I'm not a talker, you know; and, as the laws of gravitation forbid my soaring aloft anywhere, I can only express my joyfully uplifted state of mind by 'prancing,' as you call it. Work: a Story of Experience The business of science is to find uniformities, such as the laws of motion and the law of gravitation, to which, so far as our experience extends, there are no exceptions. The Problems of Philosophy When the binary stars were discovered, the discovery was hailed as a proof of the universal prevalence of the law of gravitation. Story of Creation as Told By Theology and By Science Newton found the law of gravitation not in a written page, but in a falling apple. The Religion of the Samurai A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan It is within ourselves that reward must be found, for the law of gravitation will not swerve. Wisdom and Destiny When you are subject to the laws of gravitation give up to them, and feel their strength. Power Through Repose We read that Newton discovered the law of gravitation, but how many who have heard of his famous discovery have recognized the same truth that he did? A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers I can no more explain these phenomena than I can explain the law of gravitation, or the transformation of a caterpillar into a moth. The Malady of the Century Einstein has declared the law of gravitation outgrown and decadent. Letters of Franklin K. Lane The law of gravitation is at the bottom of all his work. Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science His hand moving freely is curved round as if by some law of gravitation from within: an energetic unity or identity makes itself visible amid an abounding variety. Appreciations, with an Essay on Style The essay is no more a doctrine than the law of gravitation is. Essays Before a Sonata He did not make the law; he discovered it, just as Newton discovered the law of gravitation. Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day Well, you can get above rain, but you can't get below it, with the law of gravitation working as it does at present. Tom Swift and His Airship We are peering into the law of gravitation itself with the full hope of discovering something in its origin which may enable us to evade its action. Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science And finally he would sum up the whole into one great harmony of development, from the primary cell-life to the laws of gravitation that rule the courses of the stars. The Great Hunger Harvey, an English physician, had discovered the circulation of the blood in 1628, and Newton, an English mathematician, the law of gravitation in 1685. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest Much of it is there already, and as one private library after another falls into this by the natural law of gravitation, it will gradually acquire all that is most valuable almost without effort. Medical Essays, 1842-1882 "Now... now," pursues the crackle-voiced Mephisto, pointing to where Japanese jugglers defy the law of gravitation and other experiences of daily life, "now, they cain't walk up no ladder made out o' reel sharp swords." Back Home If the law of gravitation ever failed to be true, even to a small extent, for that period, the calculations of the astronomer have no application. On the Method of Zadig To the defenders of the laws of Copernicus and Newton, to Voltaire for example, it seemed that the laws of astronomy destroyed religion, and he utilized the law of gravitation as a weapon against religion. War and Peace The business was simple in the extreme, and was carried on by Tribbs senior, two men with saws and axes, and the natural laws of gravitation. Tales of Trail and Town The law of gravitation, for example, is a physical law, while the law of association is a psychological law. The Analysis of Mind His bare principle of the laws of gravitation accounts for all the apparent inequalities in the course of the celestial globes. Letters on England There is no harm at all in inquiring what course a stone thrown into the air would take, if the law of gravitation did not operate. 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