 | Isaac Newton - 1756 - 50 sivua
...elfe, by and through which their Aftion and -Force may be conveyed from E1 one one to another, is to me fo great an Abfurdity, that I believe no Man who has in philofophical Matters a competent Faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity muft be caufed... | |
 | 1776 - 568 sivua
...thing elie, by and through which their aftion and force m:iy be conveyed frcm one to another, is to me fo great an abfurdity, that I believe no man. who has, in philofophic.nl matters, a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity muft be caufed... | |
 | Richard Price - 1777 - 554 sivua
...elfe, by and through 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 "...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. ' '.... | |
 | Richard Price - 1777 - 500 sivua
...elfe, by and through which their action and <« force may be conveyed from one to another, is to 'c me fo great an abfurdity, that I believe no man who *« has in philofophical matters a competent faculty of " thinking, can ever fall into it." See the Third of the... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1802 - 610 sivua
...John Stewart, MD .» ' " veyed Sfcft. 2. O* THE HUMAN MIND. 7$ " veyed from one to another, is to me fo great an " abfurdity, that I believe no man who has, in phi" lofophical matters, a competent faculty of thinking, " can ever fall into it." With this paflage... | |
 | 1858 - 620 sivua
...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...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... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 528 sivua
...which their ac" tion 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...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... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1822 - 940 sivua
...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...faculty of thinking can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly according to certain laws ; but whether this agent be... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1822 - 572 sivua
...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... | |
 | 1823 - 832 sivua
...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,...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... | |
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That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another,... 
