 | Isaac Newton - Light - 1730 - 403 pages
...ftagnating Water. And the Water riles up to^this height by the Adion only of thofe Particles of the Aihes which are upon the Surface of the elevated Water $ the Particles which are within the Water, at* trading or repelling it as much downwards as upwards. And therefore the Adion of the Particles... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 716 pages
...reach the height of SO or 40 inches above the stagnant water. This ascent is wholly owing to the action of those particles of the ashes which are upon the surface of the elevated water ; those within the water attracting as much downwards as upwards : it follows, that the action of such... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1819 - 370 pages
...reach the height of 30 or 40 inches above the stagnant water. This ascent is wholly owing to the action of those particles of the ashes which are upon the surface of the elevated water ; those within the water attracting as much downwards as upwards : it follows, that the action of such... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1835 - 766 pages
...experiment by which it appears that if a large tube of glass be closely filled with ashes, and one end be dipped in water, in the space of a week or...junction of the edges by a force varying inversely as the square of the distance from it. Newton attempts to account for this phaenomenon, but unsuccessfully.... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - Science - 1835 - 756 pages
...experiment by which it appears that if a large tube of glass be closely filled with ashes, and one end be dipped in water, in the space of a week or...junction of the edges by a force varying inversely as the square of the distance from it. Newton attempts to account for this phaenomenon, but unsuccessfully.... | |
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Water. And the Water rises up to this height by the Action only of those Particles of the Ashes which are upon the Surface of the elevated Water; the Particles which are within the Water, attracting or repelling it as much downwards as upwards. And therefore... 