| 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, 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,... | |
| 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...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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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 - 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... | |
| 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... | |
| Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 520 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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,... | |
| Alexander Crombie - 1829 - 652 Seiten
...one reason, why I desired, you would not ascribe innate gravity to me. That gravity should be innate, so that one body may act upon another, at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man, who has a competent faculty... | |
| |