| Isaac Newton - 1730 - 432 ˹éÒ
...may be per-, form'd by impulfe, or by fome other means unknown to me. I ufe that Word here to fignify only in general any Force by which Bodies tend towards one another, whatfpever be the Caufe, For we muft learn from the Phenomena of Nature what Bodies attract one another,... | |
| 1752 - 694 ˹éÒ
...may be performed by impulfe, or by fome other meant unknown to me. I ufe this word here, to fignify only in general any force, by which bodies tend towards one another, whatfoever be the caufe." Here we find Sir Ifaar Newton tells us, we are to underfUnd by t!ie word... | |
| Robert Spearman - 1755 - 466 ˹éÒ
...motion, which depend on them. Befides, Befides, if gravity and attraction are only ufed in general for any force by which bodies tend towards one another, whatsoever be the caufe ; what riecemty for a vacuum ? Why muft the medium of the air be rejected ? a medium which all... | |
| Felix O'Gallagher - 1784 - 420 ˹éÒ
...performed by im*' pulfe, or by fome other means unknown *' to me. I ufe the word here to fignify " only in general any force, by which bodies " tend towards one another, whatever be " the cp.ufe ; for we muft learn from the phse" nomena of nature, what bodies attract "... | |
| Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 538 ˹éÒ
...powers besides these. How these attractions may be performed I do not," says he, " here consider. What I call attraction may be performed by impulse, or by some other means unknown to me. I use the word here to signify only in general, any force by which bodies tend towards each other, whatsoever... | |
| Daniel Ellis - 1811 - 396 ˹éÒ
...electricity/' " How these attractions may be performed," he continues, " Ido not here consider. What I call attraction, may be performed by impulse, or by some other meatte unknown to me. I use that word here to signify only, in general, any force by which bodies tend... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1818 - 594 ˹éÒ
...the tangent was precisely such as his new hypothesis (for then it was simply an hypothesis) required. by impulse, or by some other means unknown to me. I use that word here to signify in general any force by which bodies tend towards one another, whatever be the cause. For we must learn... | |
| William Thomas Brande - 1821 - 506 ˹éÒ
...go its own? How these attractions may be performed, continues NEWTON, I do not here consider ; what I call attraction may be performed by impulse, or...by some other means unknown to me : I use that word to signify any force by which bodies tend towards one another, whatever be the cause. Thus, he says,... | |
| Thomas Gill (patent-agent) - 1822 - 564 ˹éÒ
...inconsiderable support from what happens in the transfusion of blood. Experiments way, says Newton, " what I call attraction may be performed by impulse, or by some other means unknown to me. I use the word here to signify only, in general, any force by which bodies tend towards one another, whatever... | |
| 1841 - 488 ˹éÒ
...his philosophy, founded on a mistake as to this point. " ' What I call attraction,' he suggests, ' may be performed by impulse, or by some other means unknown to me. I use the word here to signify in general any force by which bodies tend toward* one another, whatever be... | |
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