 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1802 - 638 pages
...motions, do excite vibrations in the ether of various depths " or bignesses, which, being promiscuously propagated through " that medium to our eyes, effect in us a sensation of light of a " white colour ; but if by any means those of unequal bignesses " be separated from one another, the largest... | |
 | David Brewster - 1855 - 518 pages
...and motions, do excite vibrations in the ether of various depths or sizes, which being promiscuously propagated through that medium to our eyes, effect in us a sensation of light of a white colour ; but if by any means those of unequal sizes be separated from one another, the largest beget... | |
 | Paul Carus - 1915 - 672 pages
...motions, excite vibrations in the ether of various depths or bignesses, and which, being promiscuously propagated through that medium to our eyes, effect...white color: but if by any means those of unequal bignesses be separated from one another, the largest, a sensation of red color ; the least, or shortest,... | |
 | 1876 - 676 pages
...motions, do excite vibrations in the ether of various depths or bignesses, which being promiscuously propagated through that medium to our eyes, effect in us a sensation of light of a white colour ; but if by any means those of unequal bigness be separated from one another, the largest beget... | |
 | 1846 - 604 pages
...motions, do excite vibrations in the oether of various depths or bignesses, which being promiscuously propagated through that medium to our eyes, effect in us a sensation of light of awhile colour; but if by any means those of unequal bignesses be separated from one another, the largest... | |
 | 1876 - 608 pages
...motions, do excite vibrations in the ether of various depths or bignesses, which being promiscuously propagated through that medium to our eyes, effect in us a sensation of light of a white colour ; but if by any means those of unequal bigness be separated from one another, the largest beget... | |
 | A. I. Sabra - 1981 - 372 pages
...& motions, excite vibrations in the ^Ether of various depths or bignesses, wch being promiscuously propagated through that Medium to our eyes, effect in us a sensation of light of a white colour; but if by any meanes those of unequall bignesses be separated from one another, the largest... | |
 | Edmund Blair Bolles - 1999 - 518 pages
...and motions, excite vibrations in the ether of various depths or bignesses, which being promiscuously propagated through that medium to our eyes, effect...white color; but if by any means those of unequal bignesses be separated from one another, the largest beget a sensation of a red color, the least or... | |
 | Lisa M. Dolling, Arthur F. Gianelli, Glenn N. Statile - 2003 - 762 pages
...motions, do excite vibrations in the ether of various depths or bignesses, which, being promiscuously propagated through that medium to our eyes, effect in us a sensation of light of a white colour; but if by any means those of unequal bignesses be separated from one another, the largest beget... | |
 | A. E. E. McKenzie - 1960 - 414 pages
...and motions, do excite vibrations in the aether of various depths or sizes, which being promiscuously propagated through that medium to our eyes, effect in us a sensation of light of a white colour; but if by any means those of unequal sizes be separated from one another, the largest beget... | |
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I take to be this — that the agitated parts of bodies, according to their several sizes, figures, and motions, do excite vibrations in the ether of various depths or bignesses, which, being promiscuously propagated through that medium to our eyes, effect... 