 | 1857 - 664 pàgines
...without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be COD- " veytd from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity that I believe no man who lias m philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, ели ever fall into it. Gravity muse... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1857 - 644 pàgines
...by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, ú to me so'preat an absurdity that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters n competent faculty of thinking, cui ever fill into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent, acting... | |
 | Henri Édouard Schedel - 1858 - 508 pàgines
...that a body may act on another, at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by, and through which, their action and force...so great an absurdity, that I believe no man, who, in philosophical matters, has acbmpetent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it." (See Sir Isaac... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1858 - 666 pàgines
...that one body may act on another, at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force...so great an absurdity, that I believe no man, who in philosophical matters has a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it." This passage... | |
 | Sir Henry Holland - 1862 - 576 pàgines
...body may act upon another at a distance, ; through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, 1 by and through which their action and force may be...no man who has in philosophical matters a competent i- faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it.' The conviction ii which his conception of gravity thus... | |
 | 1863 - 718 pàgines
...without the mediation of anything else by and through which their action and force may be convoyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity,...philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking can ever faU into it." * One of the ablest statements and defenses of this theory may be found in Bowen's "... | |
 | 1865 - 656 pàgines
...that one body may act upon another at a distance, through a vacuum, without the nwdiniion of anything else, by and through which their action and force...philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking can ever tdl into it." See Newton's Third Letter to Buntley. of ordinary combustion. If we examine the solar... | |
 | 1865 - 530 pàgines
...their action and force may be conveyed to one another, is to him so great an absurdity that he believes no man, who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into." In the laws of gravitation, the motions of the heavenly bodies are proposed as a mechanical problem... | |
 | Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - 1865 - 530 pàgines
...their action and force may be conveyed to one another, is to him so great an absurdity that he believes no man, who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into." In the laws of gravitation, the motions of the heavenly bodies are proposed as a mechanical problem... | |
 | Edward Livingston Youmans - 1868 - 526 pàgines
...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...philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, ean ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent, acting constantly aecording to certain laws... | |
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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,... 
