 | Isaac Newton - 1730 - 432 pagina’s
...diftances be exceeding flow, yet if the elaftick force of this Medium be exceeding great, it may furBce to impel Bodies from the 'denfer parts of the Medium...rarer , with all that power which we call Gravity. And that the elaftick force of this Medium is exceeding great, may be gather 'd from the fwiftnefs... | |
 | Isaac Newton - 1730 - 403 pagina’s
...beyond. And though this Increafe of denfity may at great diftances be exceeding flow, yet if the elaftick force -of this Medium be exceeding great, it may fuffice...rarer , with all that power which we call Gravity. And that the elaftick force of this Medium is exceeding great, may be gathered from the fwiftnefs of... | |
 | Robert Boyle - 1738 - 788 pagina’s
...encreafe of denfity fhou'dftop any where. And tho' this increafe of denfity may, at great diftances, be exceeding flow, yet if the elaftic force of this medium be exceeding great, it may fuffke to impel bodies from the denfer parts of the medium towards the rarer with all that power which... | |
 | William Jones - 1762 - 324 pagina’s
...fun; but to increafe in denfity through all the diftances from the fun to Saturn and beyond ; and that it may fuffice to impel bodies from the denfer parts of the medium toward the rarer, with all that power which we call gravity f. All this is very juft: the preffure... | |
 | Richard Lovett - 1766 - 610 pagina’s
...from the Sun to Saturn and beyond. And ' tho' this increafe of Denfity may, at great di£~ * tances, be exceeding flow, yet if the elaftic. « force of...fuffice to impel Bodies from the denfer ' parts of this Medium towards the rarer, with ' all that Power which we call Gravity, And ' that the elaftic... | |
 | Felix O'Gallagher - 1784 - 420 pagina’s
...though " this increafe of cienfity may at fome di" ftances be exceeding flow, yet if the elaf" tic force of this medium be exceeding " great, it may...rarer, with all that power which we call " gravity." Such is Sir Ifaac Newton's conjecture concerning the material caufe of gravity, and the mechanical... | |
 | 1809 - 530 pagina’s
...increafe of denfity/ he adds, ' may be exceeding flow at great diftances, yet if the elaftic force of the medium be exceeding great, it may fuffice to impel...rarer, with all that power which we call Gravity. ' Optics, Query 21. t5V. Various objections may be undoubtedly offered to this hypothefis j and Mr... | |
 | Samuel Vince - 1806 - 72 pagina’s
...the elastic force of this medium be exceeding great, it may suffice to impel bodies from the denser parts of the medium towards the rarer, with all that power which we call gravity." And he gives the following reason for supposing that there is such a medium. " A thermometer in vacuo... | |
 | 1809 - 530 pagina’s
...increafe of denfity,' he adds, ' may be exceeding flow at great diftances, yet if the elaftic force of the medium be exceeding great, it may fuffice to impel...rarer, with all that power which we call Gravity.' Optics, Query 21. &c. Various objections may be undoubtedly offered to this hypothefis ; and Mr Vince... | |
 | David Brewster - 1831 - 328 pagina’s
...bodies, so as to make them continually approach to one another, the body being impelled from the denser parts of the medium towards the rarer with all that power which we call gravity. In employing this medium to explain the nature of light, Newton does not suppose, with Descartes, Hooke,... | |
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And though this increase of density may at great distances be exceeding slow, yet if the elastic force of this medium be exceeding great it may suffice to impel bodies from the denser parts of the medium towards the rarer with all that power which we... 
