 | British - 1762 - 410 pages
...that chiefly employed his reftarches for fo many years, was far from being confined to the-fubject of light alone : on the contrary, all that we know...and other bodies ; by which both the reflections and refraSions, veil as inflections, of the former were con•-y produced. - afcertain the force and extent... | |
 | Great Britain - 1791 - 354 pages
...his affiduous philofophical refearcb.es for fo many years were far from bemg confined to the fubject of light alone : on the contrary, all that we know of natural bodies feeined to be comprehended in it ; he had found out, that there was a mutual action at a diftance between... | |
 | Isaac Newton - Celestial mechanics - 1803 - 310 pages
...affair that chiefly employed his refearches for to many years was far from being confined to the fubject of light alone. , On the contrary, all that we know...comprehended in it : he had found out that there was a natural aciion at a 'diftance between light and other bodies, by which both the reflections and refractions,... | |
 | Isaac Newton - Celestial mechanics - 1803 - 344 pages
...we know of natural bodies feemed to be comprehended in it: he had found out that there was a natural action at a diftance between light and other bodies, by which both the reflections and refractions, VOL. I. d as well as inflexions, of the former, were conftantly produced. To afcertain the force and... | |
 | John Aikin - Biography - 1808 - 730 pages
...all that we know of natural bodies. He had discovered, that there was a mutual action at a distance between light and other bodies ; by which both the...refractions, as well as inflections of the former were constantly produced. To ascertain the force and extent of this principle of action, was what had all... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1808 - 496 pages
...confined to the subject of light alone : on the contrary, all that we kuow of natural bodies seemed to be comprehended in it ; he had found out, that there was a mutual action at a distance between light and other bodies ; by which both the reflections and refraction, as well as... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 830 pages
...seemed to be comprehended in it ; he had fomid out that there was a natural action, at a distance, between light and other bodies, by which both the...refractions, as well as inflections, of the former, were constantly produced. To ascertain the force and extent of this principle of action was what had all... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 788 pages
...which chiefly employed his researches for so many years was far from being confined to the subject of light alone. On the contrary, all that we know of natural bodies seemed to be comprehended in it ; he had found out that there was a natural action, at a distance,... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Astronomy - 1815 - 686 pages
...that chiefly employed his researches for so many years, was far from being confined to the subject of light alone. On the contrary, all that we know of natural bodies, seemed to be comprehended in it ; he had found out, that there was a natural action at a distance between... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 356 pages
...affair that chiefly employed his researches for so many years was far from being confined to the subject of light alone. On the contrary, all that we know of natural bodies seemed to be comprehended in it; he had found out that there was a natural action, at a distance, between... | |
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In fact, the affair that chiefly employed his researches for so many years was far from being confined to the subject of light alone. On the contrary, all that we know of natural bodies seemed to be comprehended in it; he had found out that there was... 