Abstract
According to Sciama's interpretation of Mach's principle, when a body of massm moves with acceleration α relative to a second massM, the latter experiences a force of the formF=GmMα/c2r, whereG is the gravitational constant,c is the speed of light, andr is the distance between the two masses. In the present paper we propose than, if Sciama's interpretation of Mach's principle is correct, the Newtonian force of gravity can be understood as resulting from the acceleration of particles within matter. It is shown that the structure of Newtonian vacuum gravitational fields is consistent with this proposal, that the random motion of a particle confined to a small volume generates a Newtonian-type gravitational force, and that the acceleration of a Dirac electron in a stationary state leads to a gravitational force of the correct magnitude.
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