 ... else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity that I believe no man, who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused...  Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh - Page 574by Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1872Full view - About this book
 | Paul Janet - 1866 - 216 pages
...must be caused by an agent acting constantly according to certain laws ; but whether this agent is material or immaterial, I have left to the consideration of my readers."* It results from these different texts that in the eyes of Newton (who has certainly some right to command... | |
 | Paul Janet - 1867 - 214 pages
...must be caused by an agent acting constantly according to certain laws ; but whether this agent is material or immaterial, I have left to the consideration of my readers."* It results from these different texts that in the eyes of Newton (who has certainly some right to command... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1868 - 210 pages
...of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly according to certain laws ; but whether this agent be material...immaterial, I have left to the consideration of my readers.' * Faraday does not see the same difficulty in his contiguous particles. And yet, by transferring the... | |
 | 1868 - 472 pages
...faculty of thinking can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly according to certain laws ; but whether this agent be material...I have left to the consideration of my readers."* Faraday does not see the same difficulty in his contiguous particles. And yet by transferring the conception... | |
 | 1868 - 346 pages
...it. Gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly according to certain laws ; bnt whether ;his agent be material or immaterial I have left to the consideration of my readers." Faraday does not see the same difficulty in his contiguous particles. And yet by transferring the conception... | |
 | Bence Jones, Michael Faraday - 1870 - 514 pages
...faculty of thinking can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly according to certain laws ; but whether this agent be material...immaterial I have left to the consideration of my readers." l ' Faraday does not see the same difficulty in his contiguous particles. And yet by transferring the... | |
 | John James Drysdale - 1870 - 152 pages
...of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly according to certain laws ; but whether this agent be material...immaterial I have left to the consideration of my readers." § 59. This sentence, so utterly opposed to all the ordinary notions entertained respecting Newton's... | |
 | Alfred Marshall Mayer - 1872 - 96 pages
...of think1ng can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly, according to certain laws ; but whether this agent be material...immaterial, I have left to the consideration of my readers." Yes, the whole of this building and the neighboring streets are permeated with something — immaterial... | |
 | James Gracey Murphy - 1873 - 360 pages
...of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly according to certain laws ; but whether this agent be material...immaterial I have left to the consideration of my readers." With this statement Faraday either coincides or is very greatly embarrassed. Yet he avows the fact... | |
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