| Richard Lovett - 1766 - 610 pagina’s
...The thing he here denies, being much more than insinuated in thefe Words — " Have not the thiall Particles of Bodies, cer-. tain powers, virtues, or forces, by which they a$ at a dijtance, not only upon the rays of Light — '-but allb upon one another, for producing a... | |
| Daniel Ellis - 1811 - 396 pagina’s
...? 485. " Have not the small particles of bodies certain powers, virtues or forces," says Newton, " by which they act at a distance, not only upon the rays of light for reflecting, refracting, and inflectingthem, but also upon one another, for producing a great part... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 582 pagina’s
...ventured to ascribe to him, appears from his own words. " Have not the " small particles of bodies certain powers, virtues, or forces, by which they act at a " distance, not only upon the rays of light for reflecting, refracting, and inflecting them, " but also upon one another, for producing a great... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1821 - 348 pagina’s
...to ascribe to him, appear» from his own word.». " Have not the small particle* of bodies certain powers, virtues, or forces, by which they act at a distance, not onlt upon the rays of light for reflecting, refracting, and inflecting them, but also upon one another,... | |
| 1824 - 884 pagina’s
...illustratlon of Newton's views of Elective Attractions. " Have not the small particles of bodies certain powers, virtues, or forces, by which they act at a distance, not only upon the rays of light, for reflecting, refracting, and inflecting them, but also upon one another, for producing a great part... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 418 pagina’s
...ventured to ascribe to him, appears from his own words. " Have not the same particles of bodies certain powers, virtues, or forces, by which they act at a distance, not only upon the rays of light for reflecting, refracting, and inflecting This view of the numberless analogies displayed in that... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 416 pagina’s
...ventured to ascribe to him, appears from his own words. " Hare not the same particles of bodies certain powers, virtues, or forces, by which they act at a distance, not only upon the rays of light for reflecting, refracting, and inflecting This view of the numberless analogies displayed in that... | |
| John Gibson MacVicar - 1830 - 674 pagina’s
...the following among other ideas are contained : — " Have not the small particles of bodies certain powers, virtues, or forces, by which they act at a distance, not only upon the rays of light for reflecting, refracting, and inflecting them, but also upon one another for produrin^ a great part... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1843 - 632 pagina’s
...ventured to ascribe to him, appears from his own words. " Have not the small particles of bodies certain powers, virtues, or forces by which they act at a distance, not only upon the rnyK of light for reflecting, refracting, and inflecting them, but also upon one another, for producing... | |
| William Whewell - 1847 - 754 pagina’s
...further in one of the Queries at the end of the Opticks*. "Have not the small particles of bodies certain Powers, Virtues, or Forces, by which they act at a distance, not only upon the rays of light for reflecting, refracting and inflecting them, but also upon one another for producing a great part... | |
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