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Anti-theistic Theories: Being the Baird Lecture for 1877 - Page 160
by Robert Flint - 1879 - 555 pages
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Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volumes 1-2

Dugald Stewart - Human information processing - 1822 - 572 pages
...inherent in it. And this is one " reason why I desired that you would not ascribe innate gravity to me. " That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so " that one body may act on another, through a vacuum, without the " mediation of any thing else, by and through which their...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 91

English literature - 1823 - 832 pages
...according to his opinion, we cannot conceive a body to act where it is not. " That gravity (said he) should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter,...distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of something else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ...

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1824 - 844 pages
...contact ; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential or inherent in it. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act on another, at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through...
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Supplement to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Editions

1824 - 878 pages
...mutual contact; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential or inherent in it. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act on another, at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through...
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The theology of the early patriarchs, illustrated by an appeal to ..., Volume 1

Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 520 pages
...and inherent in it. And this is one reason why I desire you would not ascribe inherent gravity to me. That gravity should be innate, inherent and essential...distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is...
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Malvern Hills: With Minor Poems and Essays, Volume 1

Joseph Cottle - 1829 - 318 pages
...and " inherent in it. And this is one reason why I desired you not to " ascribe innate gravity to me. That gravity should be innate, " inherent, and essential...distance through a vacuum, without the mediation " of any thing else, by and through which their action, and force " may be conveyed from one to another,...
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Natural Theology: Or, Essays on the Existence of Deity and of ..., Volume 1

Alexander Crombie - Future life - 1829 - 652 pages
...one reason, why I desired, you would not ascribe innate gravity to me. That gravity should be innate, so that one body may act upon another, at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man, who has a competent faculty...
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Elements of the philosophy of the human mind

Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 482 pages
...inherent in it. And this is one reason why I desired that you would not ascribe innate gravity to me. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act on another, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action...
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On the Function of Respiration, in Health and in Disease, and More ...

Richard Saumarez - Air - 1832 - 76 pages
...inherent in "it; and this is one reason why I desired you would not " ascribe innate gravity to me. That gravity should be " innate, inherent, and essential...act upon another at a distance, through a vacuum, with" out the mediation of any thing else, by and through which " their action and force may be conveyed...
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Metaphysical Inquiry Into Method, Objects, and Result of Ancient and Modern ...

Isaac Preston Cory - Philosophy - 1833 - 522 pages
...and inherent in it. And this is one reason why I desired you would not ascribe innate Gravity to me. That Gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential...distance through a vacuum without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is...
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