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" For it's well known, that Bodies act one upon another by the Attractions of Gravity, Magnetism, and Electricity; and these instances shew the Tenor and Course of Nature, and make it not improbable but that there may be more attractive Powers than these. "
The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science - Page 83
1869
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Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and ...

Isaac Newton - 1730 - 403 pages
...the Attractions of Gravity,, Magnetifm, and Electricity ; and thefe Inftances mew the Tenor andCourfe of Nature, and make it not improbable but that there may be more attractive Powers than thefe. For Nature is very confonant and conformable to her felf. How thefe Attractions may be performed,...
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An Enquiry Into the Nature of the Human Soul: Wherein the Immateriality of ...

Andrew Baxter - 1745 - 446 pages
...attractions of gravitation, magnetifm and eleffricity ; and thefe in/lances Jhew the tenor and courfe of nature, and make it not improbable but that there may be more attractive powers than thefe, &c. " Nothing can act where it is not : nor therefore matter beyond its terminating furface....
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A View of Nature, in Letters to a Traveller Among the Alps: With ..., Volume 1

Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 538 pages
...another by the attraction of gravity, magnetism, and electricity ; and these instances shew the tenor and course of nature, and make it not improbable but that there may be other attractive powers besides these. How these attractions may be performed I do not," says he, "...
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Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 2

Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 582 pages
...another, by the attractions of gravity, " magnetism and electricity ; and these instances shew the tenor and course of nature, and " make it not improbable...nature is very consonant and conformable to herself." See the SIst Query, at the end of his Optics. In a subsequent part of this Query, he recurs to the...
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Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volumes 1-2

Dugald Stewart - 1822 - 572 pages
...the attractions of gravity, magnetism and electricity ; anii these inItancei them the tenor and couru of nature, and make it not improbable but that there may be more attractive pn-wr» than thete. For nature is very contenant and conformable to hertetf." Se«- the 31»t Query,...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ...

1824 - 884 pages
...and electricity ; and these instances show the tenor and course of nature, and make it not improbable that there may be more attractive powers than these....attractions may be performed I do not here consider ; v, liât I call attraction may be performed by impulse, or by some other means unknown to me. I use...
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Elements of the philosophy of the human mind

Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 416 pages
...another, by the attractions of gravity, magnetism, and electricity ; and these instance* thow the tenor and course of nature, and make it not improbable but...these. For nature is very consonant and conformable to lierstlf." See the 31st Query, at the end of his Optics. In a subsequent part of this Query he recurs...
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The Works of Dugald Stewart: Elements of the philosophy of the human mind

Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 442 pages
...another, by the attractions of gravity, magnetism, and electricity ; and these instances show the tenor and course of nature, and make it not improbable but...these. For nature is very consonant and conformable to herstlf." See the 31st Query, at the end of his Optics. In a subsequent part of this Query he recurs...
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The Works of Dugald Stewart: Elements of the philosophy of the human mind

Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 418 pages
...another, by the attractions of gravity, magnetism, and electricity ; and these instances show the tenor and course of nature, and make it not improbable but that there may be more attractive pouters than these. For nature is very consonant and conformable to herself." See the 31st Query, at...
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 15

Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1831 - 508 pages
...cause. " It is known," says Sir Isaac Newton, " that bodies att upon one another by the attraction of gravity, magnetism, and electricity ; and these...that there may be more attractive powers than these." Newton's conjectures appear, by the preceding experiments, to be perfectly correct, as electricity...
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