| 1756 - 704 pages
...aftion and force may be conveyed from one to another, il to me, (fays Sir Ifnac) fo great an abfurdity, that I believe no man, who has in philosophical matters...competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity murt be cau' fed by aa agent acting cpnftantly according »' to certain laws." But fuppofing... | |
| Richard Price - 1777 - 554 pages
...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...competent faculty of " thinking, can ever fall into it." See tbeThird of the Four Letters from Sir Ifaac Ntwtsn to Dr. Bently, printed for Mr. Dodjley. ' '.... | |
| 1858 - 620 pages
...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...competent faculty ' of thinking, can ever fall into it.' The conviction which his conception of gravity impressed thus strongly on Newton's mind, is enforced... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 528 pages
...and through which their ac" tion and force may be conveyed from one to another, is " to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who " has, in...competent faculty of " thinking, can ever fall into it." With this passage I so far agree, as to allow that it is impossible to conceive in what manner one... | |
| John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1822 - 940 pages
...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...competent faculty of thinking can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly according to certain laws ; but whether this agent... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1822 - 572 pages
...their action and " force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an ab" surdity, that Í believe no man who has, in philosophical matters,...competent faculty of thinking', can ever fall into it." With this passage I so far agree, as to allow that it is impossible to conceive in what manner one... | |
| 1823 - 832 pages
...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...competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. ' (See Horseley's Newton, Vol. IV. page 438.) I shall conclude with the following pertinent observations... | |
| Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 520 pages
...may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who had in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly according to certain laws ; but whether this agent... | |
| Joseph Cottle - 1829 - 318 pages
...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...competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. " Gravity must be caused by an Agent acting constantly according " to certain laws." He further says,... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 482 pages
...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...competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it." With this passage I so far agree, as to allow that it is impossible to conceive in what manner one... | |
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