That gravity should be innate, inherent and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another,... Mind - Pàgina 2811883Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1858 - 620 pàgines
...abrupt end to inquiry. Newton has expressed himself strongly on this matter, in saying, ' To sup* pose that one body may act upon another at a distance, through ' a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and ' ' through which their action and force may be conveyed from ' one to another,... | |
| 1856 - 974 pàgines
...sufficient or satisfactory thought for a philosopher. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essentjal to matter, so that one body may act upon another at...of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is, he says, to him a great absurdity. Gravity must... | |
| John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1822 - 940 pàgines
...and inherent in it. And this is one reason why I desired you would not ascribe innate gravity to me. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential...distance through a vacuum without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1822 - 572 pàgines
...inherent in it. And this is one " reason why I desired that you would not ascribe innate gravity to me. " That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so " that one body may act on another, through a vacuum, without the " mediation of any thing else, by and through which their... | |
| John Playfair - 1822 - 458 pàgines
...contact ; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential or inherent in it. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act on another, at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through... | |
| 1823 - 832 pàgines
...according to his opinion, we cannot conceive a body to act where it is not. " That gravity (said he) should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter,...distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of something else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is... | |
| 1824 - 844 pàgines
...contact ; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential or inherent in it. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act on another, at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through... | |
| 1824 - 878 pàgines
...mutual contact; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential or inherent in it. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act on another, at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through... | |
| Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 520 pàgines
...and inherent in it. And this is one reason why I desire you would not ascribe inherent gravity to me. That gravity should be innate, inherent and essential...distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is... | |
| Joseph Cottle - 1829 - 318 pàgines
...and " inherent in it. And this is one reason why I desired you not to " ascribe innate gravity to me. That gravity should be innate, " inherent, and essential...distance through a vacuum, without the mediation " of any thing else, by and through which their action, and force " may be conveyed from one to another,... | |
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