 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
 | 1856 - 428 pages
...attraction of different portions of matter was not a sufficient or satisfactory thought for the philosopher. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential...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,... | |
 | 1856 - 426 pages
...of matter was not a sufficient or satisfactory thought for the philosopher. That gravity should bo innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that...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,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1856 - 560 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... | |
 | 1857 - 796 pages
...enables a body to take up and * Proceedings of the Royal Institution, 1855, Vol. ii., p. 10, &c. t " That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential...body may act upon another at a distance, through a cacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be... | |
 | 1857 - 702 pages
...habe, und über den er sich in seinem dritten Briefe an Bentley folgendermassen ausgesprochen : „Thal gravity should be innate, inherent and essential to...body may act upon another at a distance, through a vacutim, without t he Mediation of any thing eise, by and through wich their action and force may be... | |
 | 1857 - 674 pages
...bereitet habe, und über den er sich in seinem dritten Briefe an Bentley folgendermassen ausgesprochen : „That gravity should be innate, inherent and essential...matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distnnce, through a vacuum, icithout the mediation of any thing eise , by and through wich their action... | |
 | 1857 - 664 pages
...Institution, 1855, vol. ii., p. 10, &c. t " That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential tu matter, so that one body may act upon another, at...distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be COD- " veytd from one to another,... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1857 - 644 pages
...has the like strict relation « Proceedings of His Royal Institution, 1855, vol. ii., p. 10, Sie. t " That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential...matter, so that one body may act upon another, at л distance, through a rncrtuiít, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1858 - 638 pages
...abrupt end to inquiry. Newton has expressed himself strongly on this matter, in saying : " To suppose 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 i'orce may be conveyed from one to another, is... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1858 - 666 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... | |
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