 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
 | B. F. Cocker - 1875 - 436 pages
...gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential to and inherent in matter. . . . That gravitation should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter,...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... | |
 | 1875 - 1004 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... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1875 - 500 pages
...space. " That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter/7 writes Newton to Bentley, " so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, and without the mediation of anything else by and through which this action and force may be conveyed... | |
 | Royal institution of Great Britain - 1875 - 584 pages
...contact, as it must do if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. ... That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body can act upon another at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and... | |
 | 1876 - 814 pages
...Bence Jones, he was fond of quoting the following passage from a letter of Newton to Bentley: — " That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential...may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, and without the mediation of anything else, by and through which this action and force may be conveyed... | |
 | Bernhard Riemann - 1876 - 537 pages
...Attractionstheorie *) Newton says: „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 eise, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so... | |
 | James Thompson Bixby - 1876 - 254 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 upon another through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action and force... | |
 | Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.) - 1876 - 568 pages
...a medium for the conveyance of the effects of gravitation. In his letter to Bentley, he says — " That one body may act upon another at a distance, through a vacuum, without the medium of anything else by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another,... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1877 - 534 pages
...it must do if gravitation in the sense of Epicurus be essential and inherent in it. And this is oue reason why I desired you would not ascribe ' innate...body may act upon another at a distance, through a vacunm, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be... | |
 | Alexander Winchell - 1877 - 426 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 any thing else, by and through... | |
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