 | Isaac Newton - 1730 - 432 pages
...why may not Nature change Bodies into Light, and Light into Bodies ? Qyeft. 3 1. Have not the fmall Particles of Bodies certain Powers, Virtues, or Forces, by which they act at a diftance, not only upon the Rays of Light for reflecting, refracting, 'and inflecting them, but alfo... | |
 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 538 pages
...VOL. i. H " With * Philosophy of the Elements. " With regard to attraction," says that great man, " have not the small particles of bodies certain powers, virtues, or forces, by which they acft at a distance, not only upon the rays of light for reflecting, refracting, and inflecting them,... | |
 | William Jones - 1801 - 456 pages
...being much more than insinuated in these words: " Have not the small particles of bodies cer" tain powers, virtues, or forces, by which " they act at a distance, not only upon the " rays of light — but also upon one another, ' ' for producing a great part of the phasno' ' mena of nature ? for... | |
 | John Aikin - 1808 - 730 pages
...performed by the vibrations of this subtile elastic fluid, or selber. The small particles of bodies have certain powers, virtues, or forces, by which they act, at a distance, upon one another, for producing a great part of the pbtenomena of nature ; as in the attractions of... | |
 | Daniel Ellis - 1811 - 396 pages
...? 485. " Have not the small particles of bodies certain powers, virtues or forces," says Newton, " by which they act at a distance, not only upon the rays of light for reflecting, refracting, and inflectingthem, but also upon one another, for producing a great part of the phenomena of nature ?... | |
 | Daniel Ellis - 1811 - 396 pages
...if we do not call it attraction ? How, then, must we suppose this attraction to be exerted ? 485. " Have not the small particles of bodies certain powers, virtues or forces," says Newton, " by which they act at a distance, not only upon the rays of light for reflecting, refracting,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 560 pages
...those ideas of mmilou'v which I have here ventured to ascribe to him, appears from hh own words. " Have not the small particles of bodies certain powers,...and inflecting them, but also upon one another, for producing a great part of the phenomena of nature ? For it n well known that bodies act one upon another,... | |
 | Alexander Maxwell (bookseller.) - 1817 - 240 pages
...the indecision of his mind, I would direct you to Newton's Optics, third edit. 1721. Query 31st. " Have not the small particles of bodies certain powers,...virtues, or forces, by which they act at a distance ?" But lest you should overturn this opinion, in the same query you have an apology, in this curious... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1821 - 348 pages
...hare here ventured to ascribe to him, appear» from his own word.». " Have not the small particle* of bodies certain powers, virtues, or forces, by which they act at a distance, not onlt upon the rays of light for reflecting, refracting, and inflecting them, but also upon one another,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1822 - 572 pages
...have here ventured to ascribe to him, appears from his own wonts. — " Have not the small part'des of bodies certain powers, virtues, or forces, by which...refracting, and inflecting them, but also upon one another, tor producing a great part of the phenomena of nature ' For it is well known that bodies act one upon... | |
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Have not the small particles of bodies certain powers, virtues, or forces by which they act at a distance, not only upon the rays of light for reflecting, refracting, and inflecting them, but also upon one another for producing a great part of the phenomena... 
