 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 71by Dugald Stewart - 1813 - 509 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Price - 1772 - 482 pages
...innate, inherent, and eflential '' to matter, fo that one body may aft upon another f at a diftance through a vacuum, without the '' mediation of any...•' their action and force may be conveyed from one f* io another, is to me fo great an abfurdity that I f believe no man who h"s in phijofophical matters... | |
 | 1776 - 568 pages
...the mediation of any 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 - 500 pages
...innate, inherent, and eflential to matter, fo " that one body may afl upon another at a diftancf " through a vacuum, without the mediation of any " thing...<« 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... | |
 | Richard Price - 1777 - 554 pages
...diftance " through a vacuum, without the mediation of any " thing elfe, by and through which their adion and " force may be conveyed from one to another, is...great an abfurdity, that I believe no man who " has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of " thinking, can ever fall into it." See tbeThird of the... | |
 | 1858 - 620 pages
...body may act upon another 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, is to me so great an absurdity that I believe ' no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty... | |
 | 1856 - 482 pages
...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, is, he says, to him a great absurdity. Gravity must be caused by an agent, acting constantly according... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1822 - 934 pages
...one body may act upon another 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, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of... | |
 | 1823 - 832 pages
...body may act upon another at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of something 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... | |
 | 1824 - 878 pages
...body may act on another, 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, is, to me, so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who, in philosophical matters, has a competent faculty... | |
 | 1824 - 844 pages
...body may act on another, 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, is, to me, so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who, in philosophical matters, has a competent faculty... | |
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