| John Aikin - Biography - 1808 - 730 pages
...principle, he began to consider, that, as this power is not found sensibly diminished at the remotest distance from the centre of the earth to which we...buildings, nor on the summits of the highest mountains, it was reasonable tp conclude that this power must extend much further than wae usually thought. " Why... | |
| John Mason Good - 1813 - 830 pages
...principle, he began to consider, that, as this power is not found tobe sensibly diminished at the remotest distance from the centre of the earth, to which we can rise, neither at the tups of the loftiest buildings, nor on the summits oí the highest mountains it appeared to him reasonable... | |
| John Mason Good - 1819 - 788 pages
...principle, he began to consider, that, as this power is not found to be sensibly diminished at the remotest distance from the centre of the earth, to which we can rise, ceither at the tops of the loftiest buildings, nor on the summits of the highest mountains it appeared... | |
| Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 530 pages
...cause of his important series of inquiries. This, power not being sensibly diminished at the greatest distance from the centre of the earth to which we can rise, he concluded that it must extend much farther than was usually thought ; perhaps to the moon ; and,... | |
| Lives - 1823 - 192 pages
...of their doing so for some time, and as this power is not at all lessened at the greatest possible distance from the centre of the earth to which we can rise, it appeared to him very reasonable to conclude, that it must extend much farther than, was usually... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 438 pages
...him into a speculation on the power of gravity; that, as this power is not diminished at the remotest distance from the centre of the earth to which we can rise, it appeared to him reasonable to conclude that it must extend much farther than was usually thought... | |
| William Whewell - Science - 1837 - 556 pages
...speculation on the power of gravity; that as this power is not found sensibly diminished at the remotest distance from the centre of the earth to which we...neither at the tops of the loftiest buildings, nor even on the summits of the highest mountains, it appeared to him reasonable to conclude that this power... | |
| Stephen Peter Rigaud - Physics - 1838 - 208 pages
...speculation on the power of gravity: that as this power is not found sensibly diminished at the remotest distance from the centre of the earth, to which we...neither at the tops of the loftiest buildings, nor even on the summits of the highest mountains, it appeared to him reasonable to conclude, r From Dr.... | |
| T H. Howe - 1842 - 458 pages
...speculation on the power of gravity ; that, as this power is not found sensibly diminished at the remotest distance from the centre of the earth to which we...neither at the tops of the loftiest buildings nor even on the summits of the highest mountains, it appeared to him reasonable to conclude, that this... | |
| William Whewell - Physical sciences - 1847 - 650 pages
...gravity; that as this power is not found sensibly diminished at the remotest distance from the center of the earth to which we can rise, neither at the tops of the loftiest buildings, nor even on the summits of the highest mountains, it appeared to him reasonable to conclude that this power... | |
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