... a vacuum, without the mediation 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 who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking,... Dictionary of National Biography - الصفحة 293المحررون: - 1885عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 644
...believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent, acting constantly...but whether this agent be material or immaterial, 1 have left to the consideration of my readers." Willi this sentence of Newton we cordially agree;... | |
| 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 664
...mutters a competent faculty of thinking can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an ri^ent, acting constantly according to certain laws ; but whether this agent be material or immaterial, 1 have left to the consideration of my readers." AVith this sentence of Newton we cordially agree;... | |
| 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 702
...believe no man who hos in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking kan ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly according to certain laws; but wether this agent be material or immaterial I have left to the consideration ofmy readers." Weiter... | |
| 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 796
...Gravity mast be caused by an agent, acting constantly acording to certain laws; but whether thisngent be material or immaterial, I have left to the consideration of my readers." — See Newton-s Third Letter to Bentley. conserve a given amount of force until that force is transferred... | |
| 1858 - عدد الصفحات: 448
...believe, no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent, acting constantly...immaterial I have left to the consideration of my reader." — See Newton's Third Letter to Bentley. in this, that its power is unchangeable for the... | |
| Thomas Woods (M.D.) - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 134
...believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly...immaterial, I have left to the consideration of my readers." * Phil. Mag. vol. XIH, p. 228. Taking into account, therefore, that no direct proof can be given of... | |
| James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 508
...believe no man who has, in philosophical matters, a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly...immaterial, I have left to the consideration of my readers." Faraday's own views on this subject were never very clear to other people. He recognised " lines of... | |
| Edward Livingston Youmans, William Robert Grove - 1865 - عدد الصفحات: 500
...believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent, acting constantly...immaterial I have left to the consideration of my reader."—Ses Jfewlon's 27urd Letter to Sentley. be due to the force exerted, and, if the conservation... | |
| John Ward Dean, George Folsom, John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles, Henry Barton Dawson - 1865 - عدد الصفحات: 480
...gravity a power innate, inherent, and essential to matter; and in. a letter to Dr. Bently had said, that ''gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly...but whether this agent be material or immaterial, I leave to the consideration of my readers." This agent and its mode of action, it is the object of Colden's... | |
| John Ward Dean, George Folsom, John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles, Henry Barton Dawson - 1865 - عدد الصفحات: 446
...gravity a power innate, inherent, and essential to matter; and in a letter to Dr. Bently had said, that "gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly...but whether this agent be material or immaterial, I leave to the consideration of my readers." This agent and its mode of action, it is the object of Colden's... | |
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