History of the inductive sciences, from the earliest to the present timeNote 40 — Chapter II · The Inductive Epoch of Newton.—Discovery of the Universal Gravitation of Matter, according to the Law of the Inverse Square of the Distance.Reading editionB. iii. Prop. 13.◇Copy noteReturn to CHAPTER II. The Inductive Epoch of Newton.—Discovery of the Universal Gravitation of Matter, according to the Law of the Inverse Square of the Distance.