 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,...  The Correlation and conservation of forces - Page 344by Edward Livingston Youmans - 1868 - 438 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Price - 1772 - 482 pages
...may aft upon another f at a diftance through a vacuum, without the '' mediation of any thing elfe, by and through which •' their action and force may be conveyed from one f* io another, is to me fo great an abfurdity that I f believe no man who h"s in phijofophical matters... | |
 | Richard Price - 1777 - 500 pages
...body may afl upon another at a diftancf " through a vacuum, without the mediation of any " thing elfe, by and through which their action and <« force may be conveyed from one to another, is to 'c me fo great an abfurdity, that I believe no man who *« has in philofophical matters a competent... | |
 | Richard Price - 1777 - 554 pages
...diftance " through a vacuum, without the mediation of any " thing elfe, by and through which their adion and " force may be conveyed from one to another, is to " me fo great an abfurdity, that I believe no man who " has in philosophical matters a competent faculty... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1813 - 520 pages
...fo that one body may act on another, " through a vacuum, without the mediation of any " thing elfe, by and through which their action and " 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 *' faculty... | |
 | 1856 - 482 pages
...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, is, he says, to him a great absurdity. Gravity must be caused by an agent, acting constantly according... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1821 - 706 pages
...gravity should be innate, in" herent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act on ano'* ther, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing...through which their action and force may be conveyed u from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe '• no man who has, in philosophical... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1822 - 572 pages
...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...conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an ab" surdity, that Í believe no man who has, in philosophical matters, a " competent faculty of thinking',... | |
 | 1823 - 832 pages
...act where it is not. " That gravity (said he) 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 something else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is... | |
 | Alexander Crombie - 1829 - 652 pages
...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,...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 of thinking, can... | |
 | Richard Saumarez - 1832 - 76 pages
...ascribe innate gravity to me. That gravity should be " innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body " may act upon another at a distance, through a vacuum, with" out the mediation of any thing else, by and through which " their action and force may be conveyed... | |
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