 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1873 - 516 pages
...essential property of matter as extension, mobility, or impenetrability. And when the Newtonian philosophy gained ground in Europe, it was the opinion of Cotes rather than that of Newton that became most prevalent, till at last Boscovich propounded his theory, that matter is a congeries... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1873 - 524 pages
...essential property ot matter as extension, mobility, or impenetrability. And when the Newtonian philosophy gained ground in Europe, it was the opinion of Cotes rather than that of Newton that became most prevalent, till at last Boscovich propounded his theory, that matter is a congeries... | |
 | Royal institution of Great Britain - 1875 - 584 pages
...or impenetrability. * Maclaurin's Account of Newton's Discoveries. And when the Newtonian philosophy gained ground in Europe, it was the opinion of Cotes rather than that of Newton that became most prevalent, till at last Boscovich propounded his theory, that matter is a congeries... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1875 - 588 pages
...Account of Newton's Discoveries. 1878.] on Action at a Distance. 49 And when the Newtonian philosophy gained ground in Europe, it was the opinion of Cotes rather than 1 bul. of Newton that became most prevalent, till at last Boscovich propounded his theory, that mutter... | |
 | John Theodore Merz - 1896 - 484 pages
...essential property of matter as extension, mobility, or impenetrability. And when the Newtonian philosophy gained ground in Europe, it was the opinion of Cotes rather than that of Newton that became most prevalent." In fact, philosophers could be divided into two classes — those who... | |
 | Florian Cajori - 1899 - 352 pages
...Opticks, Queries 18, 22 ; also Phil. Trans. Abr., Vol. I., p. 145, Nov., 1672; BIRCH, Hist, of Rogal Society, Vol. III., p. 249, gained ground in Europe,...He was born at Clermont in Auvergne. In his .brief Trait6 de I'dquilibre des liqueurs,2 written in 1653 and first published in 1663, one year after his... | |
 | Florian Cajori - 1899 - 342 pages
...Phil. Trans. Abr., Vol. I., p. 145, Nov., 1672; BIRCH, Hist, of Royal Society, Vol. III., p. 249, 1675. gained ground in Europe, it was the opinion of Cotes,...born at Clermont in Auvergne. In his brief Traite de I'equilibre des liqueurs,2 written in 1653 and first published in 1663, one year after his death, he... | |
 | James Ward - 1899 - 332 pages
...indicated by experience as they were. "And when" — I here quote Maxwell — "the Newtonian philosophy gained ground in Europe, it was the opinion of Cotes rather than that of Newton that became most prevalent, till at last Boscovich propounded his theory that matter is a congeries... | |
 | John Theodore Merz - 1907 - 482 pages
...essential property of matter as extension, mobility, or impenetrability. And when the Newtonian philosophy gained ground in Europe, it was the opinion of Cotes rather than that of Newton that became most prevalent." In fact, philosophers could be divided into two classes — those who... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1875 - 576 pages
...essential property of matter as extension, mobility, or impenetrability. And when the Newtonian philosophy gained ground in Europe, it was the opinion of Cotes rather than that of Newton that became most prevalent, till at last Boscovich propounded his theory, that matter is a congeries... | |
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And when the Newtonian philosophy gained ground in Europe, it was the opinion of Cotes rather than that of Newton that became most prevalent, till at last Boscovich propounded his theory, that matter is a congeries of mathematical points, each endowed... 
