 | Dugald Stewart - 1822 - 572 страници
...their action and " force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an ab" surdity, that Í believe no man who has, in philosophical matters, a " competent faculty of thinking', can ever fall into it." With this passage I so far agree, as to allow that it is impossible to conceive... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1824 - 846 страници
...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 of thinking can ever tall into it." (Newtoni Opera.... | |
 | 1824 - 844 страници
...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 of thinking can ever fall into it." (Neiatoni Opera,... | |
 | 1824 - 878 страници
...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 of thinking can ever fall into it." (Newtoni Opera,... | |
 | 1823 - 832 страници
...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...philosophical matters, a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. ' (See Horseley's Newton, Vol. IV. page 438.) I shall conclude with the following... | |
 | Joseph Cottle - 1829 - 318 страници
...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,...philosophical " matters, a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. " Gravity must be caused by an Agent acting constantly according " to certain laws."... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 480 страници
...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...philosophical matters, a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it." fact is more familiar to us from our infancy than any other, and strikes us as... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 482 страници
...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...philosophical matters, a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it." With this passage I so far agree, as to allow that it is impossible to conceive... | |
 | Alexander Crombie - 1829 - 662 страници
...body may act upon another, at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man, who has a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent, acting... | |
 | Richard Saumarez - 1832 - 76 страници
...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,...philosophical matters , a competent faculty of thinking, " can ever fall into." I would therefore appeal, in the language of Newton, to any man who has the competent... | |
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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,... 
