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" As he sat alone in a garden, he fell into a speculation on the power of gravity ; that as this power is not found sensibly diminished at the remotest distance from the centre of the earth, to which we can rise, neither at the tops of the loftiest buildings,... "
The Panorama of Science and Art: Embracing the Sciences of Aerostation ... - Page 526
by James Smith - 1815
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A History of Physics in Its Elementary Branches: Including the Evolution of ...

Florian Cajori - 1899 - 340 pages
...speculation on the power of gravity ; that as this power is not found sensibly diminished at the remotest distance from the centre of the earth to which we...neither at the tops of the loftiest buildings, nor even on the summits of the highest mountains ; it appeared to him reasonable to conclude, that this...
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A History of Physics in Its Elementary Branches: Including the Evolution of ...

Florian Cajori - 1899 - 342 pages
...speculation on the power of gravity ; that as this power is not found sensibly diminished at the remotest distance from the centre of the earth to which we...neither at the tops of the loftiest buildings, nor even on the summits of the highest mountains ; it appeared to him reasonable to conclude, that this...
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The Monist, Volume 24

Paul Carus - 1914 - 666 pages
...gravity: that as this power is not found sensibly diminished at the remotest distance from the center of the earth to which we can rise, neither at the tops of the loftiest buildings, nor even on the summits of the highest mountains ; it appeared to him reasonable to conclude that this...
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England Under the Restoration (1660-1688)

Thora Guinevere Stone - 1923 - 286 pages
...gravity: that as this power is not found sensibly diminished at the remotest distance from the center of the earth, to which we can rise, neither at the tops of the loftiest buildings nor even on the summits of the highest mountains; it appeared to him reasonable to conclude that this power...
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The Edge of Objectivity: An Essay in the History of Scientific Ideas

Charles Coulston Gillispie - 1960 - 596 pages
...gravity: that as this power is not found sensibly diminished at the remotest distance from the center of the earth, to which we can rise, neither at the tops of the loftiest buildings, nor even on the summits of the highest mountains; it appeared to him reasonable to conclude, that this...
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Newton’s Scientific and Philosophical Legacy

Paul B. Scheurer, G. Debrock - 1988 - 406 pages
...speculation on the power of gravity: that as this power is not found sensibly diminished at the remotest distance from the centre of the earth, to which we can rise ... , it appeared to him reasonable to conclude that this power must extend much further than was usually...
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Isaac Newton: Eighteenth Century Perspectives

Alfred Rupert Hall, Isaac Newton - 1999 - 236 pages
...gravity; that as this power is not found sensibly diminished at the remotest distance from the center of the earth, to which we can rise, neither at the tops of the loftiest buildings, nor even on the summits of the highest mountains, it appeared to him reasonable to conclude, that this...
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Superstrings and Other Things: A Guide to Physics

Carlos I. Calle - 2001 - 682 pages
...gravity: that as this power is not found sensibly diminished at the remotest distance from the center of the Earth, to which we can rise, neither at the tops of the loftiest buildings, nor even on the summits of the highest mountains; it appeared to him reasonable to conclude, that this...
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The Dictionary of National Biography, Founded in 1882 by George Smith, Volume 14

1922 - 1406 pages
...speculation on the power of gravity, that as this power is not found sensibly diminished at the remotest distance from the centre of the earth to which we can rise .... it appeared to him reasonable to conclude that this power must extend much farther than is usually...
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