 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 of the phenomena...  Philosophical Magazine - Page 771869Full view - About this book
 | Denis Weaire, Patrick Kelly, David Attis - Technology & Engineering - 2000 - 450 pages
...matter of what kind foever, fo far as experience reaches, feem to be endued ; and whereby they acl upon one another for producing a great part of the phenomena of nature. Such is firft that power whereby the minute particles of matter do in fome circumftances tend towards... | |
 | William H. Cropper - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 518 pages
...unifying concepts in physics. He places atoms in the realm of another grand concept, that of forces: "Have not the small particles of Bodies certain Powers,...Light for reflecting, refracting, and inflecting them [as particles], but also upon one another for producing a great Part of the Phaenomena of Nature?"... | |
 | I. Bernard Cohen, George E. Smith - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 518 pages
...Particles of Bodies" do not have "certain Powers, Virtues or Forces, by which" matter affects light, "but also upon one another for producing a great Part of the Phaenomena of Nature," instancing gravity, magnetism, and electricity as making "it not improbable... | |
 | David C. Lindberg, Roy Porter, Ronald L. Numbers - Science - 2003 - 956 pages
...than those of light, and in the final Query 31 he stated that "the small Particles of Bodies [have] certain Powers, Virtues, or Forces, by which they act at a distance." Few took the speculative form of these statements and the phenomenalist refrains seriously, and their... | |
 | Rudolf Seising, Menso Folkerts, Ulf Hashagen - History - 2004 - 952 pages
...zwischen der 16. und 17. Quaestio ergänzt wurden, zur Query 31 wurde. Der Anfang dieser Query lautet: Have not the small Particles of Bodies certain Powers,...upon one another for producing a great Part of the Phaenomena of Nature? For it's well known, that Bodies act one upon another by the Attractions of Gravity,... | |
 | Frank Wilczek, Betsy Devine - Science - 2006 - 502 pages
...destroying the theory). Query 31 of Isaac Newton's Opticks was his last word in science. It begins: Have not the small Particles of Bodies certain Powers, Virtues, or Forces, by which they act ... upon one another for producing a great Part of the Phenomena of Nature? After a lengthy sketch... | |
 | Sven Müller - Philosophy - 2006 - 288 pages
...than those of light, and in the final Query 31 he stated that 'the small Particles of Bodies [have] certain Powers, Virtues, or Forces, by which they act at a distance.' Few took the speculative form of these statements and the phenomenalist refrains seriously, and their... | |
 | Libb Thims - Science - 2007 - 434 pages
...attract one another, and what are the laws and properties of the attraction.' In addition, he asks 'have not the small particles of bodies certain powers,...inflecting them, but also upon one another for producing the great part of the phenomena of nature? Newton declares, after noting the fact that all bodies act... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1899 - 682 pages
...surprising to see his perplexity expressed by the following words: — " Query 31, and the last. — Have not the small particles of bodies certain powers,...producing a great part of the phenomena of nature ? . . ." But he perceives that he is going rather far, and compromising himself, therefore his secret... | |
 | Ida Freund - 680 pages
...from the " Opticks " dealing with this subject must be of special interest to the chemist. Query 31. "Have not the small particles of bodies certain powers,...upon one another for producing a great part of the phaenomena of nature I For it's well known that bodies act one upon another by the attractions of gravity,... | |
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