 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 any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another,...  Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh - Page 573by Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1872Full view - About this book
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 482 pages
...in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this is one reason why I desired that you would not ascribe innate gravity to me. That gravity...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 action... | |
 | 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 has a competent faculty... | |
 | Alexander Crombie - 1829 - 662 pages
...must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this is 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... | |
 | Richard Saumarez - 1832 - 76 pages
...without mutual contact, "as it must do, if gravitation be essential and inherent in "it; and this is one reason why I desired you would not " ascribe innate...act upon another at a distance, through a vacuum, with" out the mediation of any thing else, by and through which " their action and force may be conveyed... | |
 | Isaac Preston Cory - 1833 - 514 pages
...must be, if Gravitation in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this is one reason why I desired you would not ascribe innate...distance through a vacuum without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is... | |
 | Richard Bentley - 1838 - 574 pages
...must be, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this is one reason why I desired you would not ascribe innate...distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is... | |
 | Richard Bentley - 1842 - 474 pages
...it must, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this is one reason why I desired you would not ascribe innate...gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to 20 matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation... | |
 | Richard Bentley - 1842 - 896 pages
...it must, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this is one reason why I desired you would not ascribe innate...gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to 20 matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1843 - 648 pages
...something else, which is not material, operate upon and affect other matter without mutual contact. . . . 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 anything else, by and through... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1845 - 540 pages
...it must, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this is one reason why I desired you would not ascribe innate...distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is... | |
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