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IN a recent communication1, it was pointed out that dimensional difficulties met with in the usual gravitational equation F = GM2L−2, where F is the attractive force and G the gravitational constant, are avoided if the mass of a body is replaced by N1e, where N1 is the number of positive (or negative) charges contained in the body and e is the elementary charge. It then follows that for two bodies placed a distance r apart and containing N1 and N2 charges, respectively, F∝N1N2e2r−2.
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Martin, A. E., Nature, 191, 588 (1961).
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MARTIN, A. Gravitational and Electrostatic Forces. Nature 192, 59–60 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/192059a0
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