 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,...  Four Dissertations - Page 39de Richard Price - 1777 - 464 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Isaac Newton - 1756 - 50 pages
...innate, inherent and eflential to Matter, fo that one Body may ac~l upon another at a Pittance thro' a Vacuum) without the Mediation of any thing elfe, by and through which their Aftion and -Force may be conveyed from E1 one one to another, is to me fo great an Abfurdity, that... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1767 - 608 pages
...philofophy, he fays, be otherwrfc than little and contemptible may aft upon another at a diftance ttiroqg'ha vacuum, without the •mediation of any thing elfe, by and through which their ailion and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me fo great an abfurdity that I believe... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1792 - 630 pages
...matter, fo that one body may act *' on another, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any " tiling elfe, by and through which their action and force may " be conveyed from one to another, is to me fo great an abfurdi*' ty, that I believe no man who has, in philofophical matters, a competent faculty... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1802 - 610 pages
...gravity mould " be innate, inherent, and eflential to matter, fo that " one body may acc on another, through a vacuum, " without the mediation of any thing...and <* through which their action and force may be con* See an Anfwer to Lord Kaims's Eflay on Motion ; by John Stewart, MD .» ' " veyed Sfcft. 2. O*... | |
 | 1858 - 620 pages
...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, is to me so great an absurdity that I believe ' no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1813 - 520 pages
...gravity fhould be innate, inherent, and eflential to " matter, fo that one body may act on another, " through a vacuum, without the mediation of any " thing..." force may be conveyed from one to another, is to *' me fo great an abfurdity, that I believe no man " who has, in philofophical matters, a competent... | |
 | 1856 - 482 pages
...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, is, he says, to him a great absurdity. Gravity must be caused by an agent, acting constantly according... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1822 - 934 pages
...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, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty... | |
 | 1823 - 832 pages
...body may act upon another at a 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 to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man, who has, in philosophical matters, a competent faculty... | |
 | 1824 - 878 pages
...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 may be conveyed from one to another, is, to me, so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who, in philosophical matters, has a competent faculty... | |
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