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" 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,... "
Notices of the Proceedings at the Meetings of the Members of the Royal ... - Page 228
by Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1869
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 108

1858 - 620 pages
...abrupt end to inquiry. Newton has expressed himself strongly on this matter, in saying, ' To sup* pose that one body may act upon another at a distance, through ' a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and ' ' through which their action and force may be conveyed...
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The American Journal of Science and Arts

1856 - 974 pages
...sufficient or satisfactory thought for a philosopher. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essentjal 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...
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Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century ..., Volume 4

John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1822 - 940 pages
...this is one reason why I desired you would not ascribe innate gravity to me. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that...may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed...
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Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volumes 1-2

Dugald Stewart - 1822 - 572 pages
...one " reason why I desired that you would not ascribe innate gravity to me. " That 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 else, by and through which their...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 91

1823 - 832 pages
...to his opinion, we cannot conceive a body to act where it is not. " That gravity (said he) should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that...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...
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Supplement to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Editions

1824 - 878 pages
...do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential or inherent in it. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act on another, at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ...

1824 - 844 pages
...do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential or inherent in it. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act on another, at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through...
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The theology of the early patriarchs, illustrated by an appeal to ..., Volume 1

Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 520 pages
...this is one reason why I desire you would not ascribe inherent gravity to me. That gravity should be innate, inherent and essential to matter, so that...may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed...
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Malvern Hills: With Minor Poems and Essays, Volume 1

Joseph Cottle - 1829 - 318 pages
...this is one reason why I desired you not to " ascribe innate gravity to me. That gravity should be innate, " inherent, and essential to matter, so that...act upon " another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation " of any thing else, by and through which their action, and force " may be conveyed...
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Natural Theology: Or, Essays on the Existence of Deity and of ..., Volume 1

Alexander Crombie - 1829 - 652 pages
...one 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, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man, who...
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