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" They, too, who first extended gravity to air, vapour, and to all bodies round the earth, had their praise ; though the cause of gravity was as obscure as before ; or rather appeared more mysterious, after they had... "
An Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries: In Four Books - Page 11
by Colin MacLaurin - 1750 - 412 pages
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Account of the Life and Writings of Thomas Reid ...

Dugald Stewart - 1803 - 238 pages
...though the " caufe of gravity was as obfcure as be" fore ; or rather appeared more myjlertous, '•' after they had fhewn, that there was no " body found...be fuppofed to be " its caufe. Why, then, were his admi" rable difcoveries, by which this princi" pie was extended over the univerfe, fo " ill relifhed...
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Biographical Memoirs, of Adam Smith, LL. D., of William Robertson, D. D. and ...

Dugald Stewart - 1811 - 620 pages
...of gravity was " as obscure as before ; or rather appeared more mysterious, " after they had shewn, that there was no body found near " the earth, exempt from gravity, that might be supposed " to be its cause, Why, then, were his admirable discove" ries, by which this principle was...
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The Works of Thomas Reid: With Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 1

Thomas Reid - 1818 - 466 pages
...eause of gravity was as obseure as before; or rather appeared more mysterious, after they had shewn, that there was no body found near the earth, exempt from gravity, that might be supposed to be its eause. Why, then, were his admirable diseoveries, by whieh this prineiple was extended...
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Correspondence of the Late Gilbert Wakefield, B. A.: With the Late Right ...

Gilbert Wakefield, Henry Mackenzie - 1822 - 614 pages
...or rather appeared more myjlerious, after they 4i had Ihewn, that there was no body found " near " near the earth, exempt from gravity, that " might...philofophers ? The " truth is, he had, with great evidence, over" thrown the boafted fchemes by which they " pretended to unravel all the myfteries of Na" ture...
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The Works of Dugald Stewart: Account of the life and writings of Adam Smith ...

Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 410 pages
...cause of gravity was as obscure as before ; or rather appeared more mysterious, after they had shown, that there was no body found near the earth, exempt from gravity, that might be supposed to be its cause. Why, then, were his admirable discoveries, by which this principle was extended...
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The Works of Dugald Stewart: Account of the life and writings of Adam Smith ...

Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 422 pages
...cause of gravity was as obscure as before ; or rather appeared 'more mysterious, after they had shown, that there was no body found near the earth, exempt from gravity, that might be supposed to be its cause. Why, then, were his admirable discoveries, by which this principle was extended...
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Essays on the Active Powers of the Human Mind: An ..., Volume 1; Volume 1843

Thomas Reid, Dugald Stewart - 1843 - 632 pages
...cause of gravity was as obscure as before ; or rather appeared more mysterious, after they had shown, that there was no body found near the earth, exempt from gravity, that might be supposed to be its cause. Why then were his admirable discoveries, by which this principle was extended...
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The works of Thomas Reid, with selections from his unpublished letters ...

Thomas Reid - 1846 - 1080 pages
...cause of gravity was as obscure as before ; or rather appeared more mystctcrious, after they had shewn that there was no body found near the earth, exempt from gravity, that might be supposed to be its cause. Why, then, were his admirable discoveries, by which this principle was extended...
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The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart, Volume 10

Dugald Stewart - 1858 - 548 pages
...cause of gravity was as obscure as before, or rather appeared more mysterious, after they had shewn, that there was no body found near the earth, exempt from gravity, that might be supposed to be its cause. Why, then, were his admirable discoveries, by which this principle was extended...
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