...contiguous bodies are to be regarded in a " very different light ; for the figure and fitua" tion, not of the whole only, but of the parts, " produce a great variation in the effects of at" traction. Hence, quantities, which in diftant " attractions might be neglected, modify the laws...

...points. But contiguow bodies are to be regarded in a very different light ; for the figure and situation, not of the whole only, but of the parts, produce a...great variation in the effects of attraction. Hence OF AGGREGATION, &C. 27 .quantities, which in distant attractions might be neglected, modify the laws...

...points; but contiguous bodies are to be regarded in a very different light: for the figure and situation, not of the whole only, but of the parts, produce a great variation in the effects." M. Libes, in his Novveau Dictionnaire de Physique, has attempted to demonstrate the identity of these...