 | 1858 - 620 Seiten
...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,...mediation of any thing else, by and ' ' through which their action and force may be conveyed from ' one to another, is to me so great an absurdity that I... | |
 | 1856 - 482 Seiten
...the mere attraction of distant portions of matter was not a sufficient or satisfactory thought for a philosopher. That gravity should be innate, inherent,...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, is,... | |
 | 1856 - 974 Seiten
...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...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, is,... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1822 - 940 Seiten
...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...mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I... | |
 | John Playfair - 1822 - 464 Seiten
...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...mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is, to me, so great an absurdity, that... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1822 - 572 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
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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,... 
