...inconceivable to Sir Ifjae, that inanimate brute Matter ihould, without the Mediation of fomething file, which is not material, operate upon and afFect other Matter, without mutual Contaft ; as it mull be, if Gravitation, in the Senfe of Epicurut, be euential and inherent in it....

...inconceivable," fays he, " that in" animate brute matter mould, without the mediation " of fomething elfe which is not material, operate " upon, and affect other matter, without mutual con" tact ; as it muft do, if gravitation, in the fenfe of " Epicurus, be eflential and inherent in...

...inconceivable," fays he, ** that inanimate brute matter fhould, without the " mediation of fomething elfe which is not material, " operate upon, and affect other matter, without " mutual "contact ; as it muft do, if gravitation, in " the fenfe of Epicurus, be effential and inherent in ** it. And this is...

...at a distance from each other, without any intervening medium. " It is inconceiv" able," says he, " that inanimate brute matter should, " without the...something else which is not " material, operate upon, and aflect other matter, without " mutual contact ; as it must do, if gravitation, in the " sense of Epicurus,...

...computation, I think, will do well; and I think it not worth the while to alter your numbers. " In " The last clause of the second position I like very...essential and inherent in it. And this is one reason why 1 desired you would not ascribe innate gravity to me. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and...

...other " matter, without mutual contact ; as it must do, if gravitation, in the " sense of Epirurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this is one " reason why I desired that you would not ascribe innate gravity to me. " That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential...

...inherent in matter. The following passage in one of his Letters to Dr Bentley is still more explicit : " It is inconceivable that inanimate brute matter should,...affect other matter without mutual contact; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential or inherent in it. That gravity should be...

...inherent in matter. The following passage in one of his Letters to Dr Bentley is still more explicit: " It is inconceivable that inanimate brute matter should,...affect other matter without mutual contact ; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential or inherent in it. That gravity should be...

...know, and therefore would take more time to consider of it." And in the third letter he remarks — " It is inconceivable that inanimate brute matter should,...affect other matter without mutual contact; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this is one reason...

...sometimes speak of gravity as essential " and inherent to matter. Fray do not ascribe that notion to me. " It is inconceivable that inanimate brute matter should,...affect other matter without mutual contact ; as it must " do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and " inherent in it. And this is one...