 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,...  Elements of the philosophy of the human mind - Page 58by Dugald Stewart - 1829Full view - About this book
 | Dugald Stewart - 1792 - 630 pages
...afcribe innate gravity to me. That gravity fhould be innate, " inherent, and effential to matter, fo that one body may act *' on another, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any " tiling elfe, by and through which their action and force may " be conveyed from one to another, is... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1808 - 590 pages
...afcribe innate gravity to me. That gravity mould " be innate, inherent, and eflential to matter, fo that " one body may act on another, through a vacuum, ** without the mediation of any thing elfe, by and " through which their action and force may be con* See an Anfwer to Lord Kaims's Eflay... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 528 pages
...why I desired that you would not as. " cribe innate gravity to me. . That gravity should be in" nate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body...may act on another, through a vacuum, without the me" diation of any thing else, by and through which their ac" tion and force may be conveyed from one... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1822 - 934 pages
...gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this is one reason why 1 desired you would not ascribe innate gravity to me. That gravity...and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum without the mediation of any thing else, by and through... | |
 | John Playfair - 1822 - 458 pages
...contact ; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential or inherent in it. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act on another, at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their... | |
 | 1823 - 832 pages
...according to his opinion, we cannot conceive a body to act where it is not. " That gravity (said he) 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 something else, by and through... | |
 | 1824 - 844 pages
...contact ; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential or inherent in it. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act on another, at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their... | |
 | 1824 - 878 pages
...mutual contact; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential or inherent in it. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act on another, at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 520 pages
...be essential and inherent in it. And this is one reason why I desire you would not ascribe inherent gravity to me. 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 any thing else, by and through... | |
 | Joseph Cottle - 1829 - 318 pages
...sense of Epicurus, be essential and " inherent in it. And this is one reason why I desired you not to " ascribe innate gravity to me. That gravity should...and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon " another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation " of any thing else, by and through... | |
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