Le Sage's theory of gravitation

Le Sage's theory of gravitation, proposed by the French physicist Nicolas F. Berthold Le Sage in the 18th century, is an early attempt to explain gravity through a mechanical model rather than through a force acting at a distance, as suggested by Newton’s law of universal gravitation. Le Sage's theory posits that gravity arises from a bombardment of tiny, unseen particles, often referred to as "corpuscles," which travel in straight lines through space.