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 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1869 - 636 pages
...Newton upon this point : over and over agaiq he introduces his memorable words, " That gravity should bo innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that...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 bo conveyed... | |
 | John James Drysdale, Robert Ellis Dudgeon, Richard Hughes, John Rutherfurd Russell - 1870 - 842 pages
...support of this conclusion he quotes the following passage from Newton's third letter to Bentley : " That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential...of anything 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... | |
 | Bence Jones, Michael Faraday - 1870 - 534 pages
...He loved to quote Newton upon this point : over and over again he introduces his memorable words, " 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... | |
 | Eduard von Grauvogl - 1870 - 844 pages
...contact. That gravitv should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act on another, at a distance, through a vacuum, without...of anything 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... | |
 | John James Drysdale - 1870 - 152 pages
...: " That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act upou another at a distance through a vacuum, without the...of anything 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... | |
 | Thomas Doubleday - 1870 - 190 pages
...gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, or that one body may act upon another, through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to the other, is to me so great an absurdity that, I believe, no... | |
 | Andrew Bisset - 1871 - 514 pages
.... . . 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...of anything 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,... | |
 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1872 - 914 pages
...inherent in it. And this is the reason why I desired you would " not ascribe innate gravity to me. That gravity should be innate, " inherent, and essential...of anything 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... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1872 - 210 pages
...loved to quote Newton upon this point : over and over again he introduces his memorable words, ' That i 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... | |
 | Alfred Marshall Mayer - 1872 - 96 pages
...which action constitutes the propagation of its distant effects ? Surely, in the language of Newton, " that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum and without the mediat1on of anything else, by and through which this action and force may be conveyed... | |
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