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" As he sat alone in a garden, he fell into a 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 can rise, neither at the tops of the loftiest buildings,... "
The Panorama of Science and Art: Embracing the Sciences of Aerostation ... - Page 526
by James Smith - 1815
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General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most ..., Volume 7

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...
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopędia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory ..., Volume 8

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 oķ the highest mountains it appeared to him reasonable...
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopędia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory ..., Volume 8

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...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 5

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,...
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Lives of learned and eminent men, Volume 1

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...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 2, Volume 15

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...
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pt. VI. Mechanics, including fluid mechanics. pt. VII. Physical astronomy ...

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...
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Historical Essay on the First Publication of Sir Isaac Newton's Principia

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....
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Lessons on the globes

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...
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History of the Inductive Sciences: VI. Mechanics, including fluid mechanics ...

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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