...which their motions are governed, arrived at a conclusion which is substantially the same, saying — " All things considered, it seems probable that God,...formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable particles, of such sizes, figures, and with ' such other properties, and in such proportion to space,...

...mind. At the close of his Opticks he says, "All these things being considered, it seems probable to me that God, in the beginning, formed matter in solid,...hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties, and in such proportions to space, as most conduced to...

...matter, the doctrine of atoms, or indivisible particles is by no means modern. Sir Isaac Newton says, " all things considered, it seems probable that God...hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties, and in such proportion to space as most conduced to the...

...expressed by the illustrious Newton in his Queries subjoined to his Optics. " It seems probable to me that God in the beginning formed matter in solid,...hard, impenetrable, moveable particles ; of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties, and in such proportions to space, as most conduced to...

...iii. p. 39, col. i.) gives the following extract from Sir Isaac Newton : — "All things considered.!! seems probable that God, in the beginning, formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, movable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties, and in such proportion...

...conclusion — and from the heavens brought down a philosophy to explain the theory of the earth — that "All things considered, it seems probable that God,...formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable particles, of such sizes, figures, and with such other properties, and in such proportion to space,...

...received as any other upon this subject. It is as follows : — "All things considered, it appears probable that God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moving particles : of such size and figures, and with such other properties and in such proportion...

...thirty-first Query, subjoined to his Treatise on Opties, fourth edition, p. 350) :— " It seems to me probable that God, in the beginning, formed matter...hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties, and in auch proportions to space, as most conduced to...

...2,500,000 to 1. Newton's definition of material particles was as follows : 1772. "It secms probable to me that God, in the beginning, formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, movable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties, and in such proportion...

...Whewell's Philoi. of Inductive Science», vol. i. Newton's conjecture is expressed in these words : — " All things considered, it seems probable that God,...massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of snch sizes, figures, and with such other properties, and in such proportion to space, as most conduced...