...which their adion and " force may be conveyed from one to another, is to " me fo great an abfurdity, that I believe no man who " has in philosophical matters...competent faculty of " thinking, can ever fall into it." See tbeThird of the Four Letters from Sir Ifaac Ntwtsn to Dr. Bently, printed for Mr. Dodjley. ' '....

...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...competent faculty ' of thinking, can ever fall into it.' The conviction which his conception of gravity impressed thus strongly on Newton's mind, is enforced...

...another, through a vacuum, without the me" diation of any thing else, by and through which their ac" tion and force may be conveyed from one to another, is...competent faculty of " thinking, can ever fall into it." With this passage I so far agree, as to allow that it is impossible to conceive in what manner one...

...matter, so that one body may act on ano" ther, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, " by and through which their action and force...competent faculty of " thinking, can ever fall into it." With this passage I so far agree, as to allow that it is impossible to conceive in what manner one...

...without the mediation of any thing else, " by and through which their action and force may be conveyed u from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity,...competent faculty of " thinking, can ever fall into it." With this passage I so far agree, as to allow that it is impossible to conceive in what manner one...

...their action and " force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an ab" surdity, that Í believe no man who has, in philosophical matters,...competent faculty of thinking', can ever fall into it." With this passage I so far agree, as to allow that it is impossible to conceive in what manner one...

...that one body may act upon another at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of something else, by and through which their action and force...competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. ' (See Horseley's Newton, Vol. IV. page 438.) I shall conclude with the following pertinent observations...

...to matter, so that one body may act on another, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action and force...competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it". With this passage I so far agree, as to allow that it is impossible to conceive in what manner one...

...to matter, so that one body may act on another, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action and force...competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it." With this passage I so far agree, as to allow that it is impossible to conceive in what manner one...

...one body " may act upon another at a distance, through a vacuum, with" out the mediation of any thing else, by and through which " their action and force...competent faculty of thinking, "can ever fall into." I would therefore appeal, in the language of Newton, to any man who has the competent faculty of thinking,...