...that 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...immaterial, I have left to the consideration of my readers. " In the next part of your Letter you lay down four other positions founded upon the six first. The...

...may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who had in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking,...immaterial, I have left to the consideration of my readers." * " The immense void betwixt the celestial bodies has with great impropriety been determined an absolute...

...without the mediation of any thing else, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man, who has a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into...immaterial, I have left to the consideration of my readers." It is evident, then, that he considered gravity to be an effect. It is also evident, that in the second...

...that 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...immaterial, I have left to the consideration of my readers. Your fourth assertion, that the world could not be formed by innate gravity alone, you confirm by three...

...action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe ho man, who has in philosophical matters a competent...immaterial, I have left to the consideration of my readers. Your fourth assertion, that the world could not be formed by innate gravity alone, you confirm by three...

...distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else by and through which their action may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great...immaterial, I have left to the consideration of my readers." If the action of the sun on the earth were a pulling or attracting action, then, unless it were perfectly...

...Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent, acting according to certain laws ; but whether this agent...immaterial I have left to the consideration of my readers." ' Although he thus left it to the consideration of his readers, it is evident that Newton's own opinion...

...of the lines of magnetic and electrical force : it is as follows, in words written to Bentley : f " That gravity should be innate, inherent and essential...immaterial, I have left to the consideration of my readers." Finally, reference was made to Sabine's remarkable observation, sustained as it has been by Wolf, Gautier,...

...words written to Bentley : f " That gravity should be innate, inherent and essential to matter, BO that one body may act upon another at a distance through...immaterial, I have left to the consideration of my readers." Finally, reference was made to Sabine's remarkable observation, sustained as it has been by Wolf, Gautier,...

...believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking can ever fall into. Gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly...immaterial I have left to the consideration of my readers." See the third letter to Bentley. necessarily touch much upon the idea of lines of physical force ;...