...explaining the cohesion of solid bodies. Instead of supposing 'hooked Atoms' or 'conspiring Motions', I had rather infer from their Cohesion that their...another by some Force, which in immediate Contact is exceeding strong, at small distances performs the chymical Operations abovemention'd, and reacheth...

...for explaining how this may be, some have invented hooked Atoms, which is begging the Question .... I had rather infer from their Cohesion, that their...another by some Force, which in immediate Contact is exceeding strong, at small Distances performes the chymical Operations above-mention 'd and reaches...

...bodies are glued together by rest . . . and others, that they stick together by conspiring motions .... I had rather infer from their cohesion that their...exceedingly strong, at small distances performs the chemical operations above mentioned, and reaches not far from the particle with any sensible effect....

...shaped atoms as well as bodies 'glued together by rest, ... an occult Quality', Newton preferred to 'infer from their Cohesion that their Particles attract one another by some Force'. He asserted an analogy reaching from visible to invisible bodies, the assumption that 'if Nature be...

...others, that they stick together by conspiring Motions, that is by relative rest amongst themselves. I had rather infer from their Cohesion, that their...another by some force, which in immediate Contact is exceeding strong, at small distances performs the chymical operations above mentioned, and reaches...