 | 1863 - 718 pàgines
...without the mediation of anything else by and through which their action and force may be convoyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity,...philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking can ever faU into it." * One of the ablest statements and defenses of this theory may be found in Bowen's "... | |
 | Edward Livingston Youmans, William Robert Grove - 1865 - 512 pàgines
...at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another,...competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent, acting constantly according to certain laws ; but whether this... | |
 | 1865 - 648 pàgines
...at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which thoir action and force may be conveyed from one to another,...competent faculty of thinking can ever fall into it." See Newton's Third Letter to Bentley. of ordinary combustion. If we examine the solar spectrum, we... | |
 | 1865 - 656 pàgines
...at a distance, through a vacuum, without the nwdiniion of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another,...philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking can ever tdl into it." See Newton's Third Letter to Buntley. of ordinary combustion. If we examine the solar... | |
 | Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - 1865 - 530 pàgines
...their action and force may be conveyed to one another, is to him so great an absurdity that he believes no man, who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into." In the laws of gravitation, the motions of the heavenly bodies are proposed as a mechanical problem... | |
 | 1865 - 530 pàgines
...their action and force may be conveyed to one another, is to him so great an absurdity that he believes no man, who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into." In the laws of gravitation, the motions of the heavenly bodies are proposed as a mechanical problem... | |
 | Paul Janet - 1866 - 216 pàgines
...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,...competent 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... | |
 | Paul Janet - 1867 - 214 pàgines
...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,...competent 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... | |
 | 1868 - 472 pàgines
...that one body may act upon another at a distance through vacuum and without the mediation of anything else, by and through which this action and force may...competent 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... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1868 - 210 pàgines
...one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum and without the mediation of anything else, by and through which this action and force may...competent 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... | |
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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,... 
