 ... 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, can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused...  Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh - Pàgina 576per Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1872Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Isaac Newton - 1756 - 50 pàgines
...of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity muft be caufed by an Agent acting conftantly according to certain Laws ; but whether this Agent be material or immaterial, I have left to the Confideration of my Readers, Your fourth Affertion, that the World could not be formed by innate Gravity... | |
 | 1760 - 556 pàgines
...againft me. Sir Ifaac Newton fays, " Gravity muft be " caufed by an agent, a&ing contrary, according to certain " laws ; but whether this agent be material or immaterial, " I have left to the confideration of my Readers." Here Sir Ifaac plainly allows, that matter is an agent, and a6b ; but... | |
 | 1814 - 550 pàgines
...letter to Dr. Bentley had said, that "gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly according to certain laws, 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 Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1822 - 934 pàgines
...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 material...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... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 520 pàgines
...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 material...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... | |
 | Alexander Crombie - 1829 - 652 pàgines
...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 material,...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... | |
 | Richard Bentley - 1838 - 578 pàgines
...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 material...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... | |
 | 1882 - 662 pàgines
...for Promoting Christian Knowledge. fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent, acting according to certain laws ; but whether this agent be material...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... | |
 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1904 - 724 pàgines
...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 material...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... | |
 | Michael Faraday - 1855 - 620 pàgines
...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 material...immaterial, I have left to the consideration of my readers." 1 Philosophical Magazine,4th Series, 1852, vol. iii. p. 403 (3246.). • Newton's Works, Horsley's... | |
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