"Attractive force" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Edward to the sympathetic Otillia, or Paris to Helen, and leaps all bounds of reason and morality, is the same powerful, unconscious, attractive force which impels the living spermatozoon to force an entrance into the ovum in the fertilisation of the egg of the animal or plant—the same impetuous movement which unites two atoms of hydrogen to one atom of oxygen for the formation of a ...
— The Kempton-Wace Letters • Jack London
... in turn flow away. These metals, in fact, are perfectly moulded under a strong pressure, just like liquids, through the simple effect of the attraction of the earth applied to all their molecules. Upon causing an adequate attractive force to act upon the molecules of metals they will be placed under conditions analogous to those to which they are submitted in strong presses or in the mills that serve for coining money. The sole difference consists in the fact that the action of gravity is infinitely ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 • Various
... of Agricultural Depression.—We have next to ask what is the nature of this attractive force which drains the country to feed the city population? What has hitherto been spoken of as a single force will be seen to be a complex of several forces, different in kind, acting conjointly to produce ...
— Problems of Poverty • John A. Hobson
... be of interest to consider the minor movements of the sun and moon, as they also affect the tides by reason of the alterations they cause in the attractive force. During the revolution of the earth round the sun the successive positions of the point on the earth which is nearest to the sun will form a diagonal line across the equator. At the vernal equinox (March 20) the equator ...
— The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns • Henry C. Adams
... Monte Carlo represents a mere holiday indulgence, it would be unsafe to assume that what appeals to them there will not also appeal to them in their business affairs. But what exactly is the secret of the charm of Monte Carlo? It is the great attractive force of a small chance of a large gain, as compared with the deterrent force of a large chance of a small loss. People will readily pay $5 for one chance in a hundred of making no more, perhaps, than $400 or $450. And it is very likely that this holds good in the world ...
— Supply and Demand • Hubert D. Henderson |
