 And now we might add something concerning a certain most subtle Spirit which pervades and lies hid in all gross bodies: by the force and action of which Spirit the particles of bodies mutually attract one another at near distances, and cohere, if contiguous...  The American Journal of Science and Arts - Page 51837Full view - About this book
 | Isaac Newton - Celestial mechanics - 1729 - 546 pages
...might add fomething concerning a certain mod fubtle Spirit, which pervades and lies hid in all grofs bodies; by the force and action of which Spirit, the...particles of bodies mutually attract one another at near dilhnccs, and cohere, if contiguous; and electric bodies operate to greater diftances, as well repelling... | |
 | Richard Lovett - Compasses (Mathematical instruments) - 1766 - 610 pages
...No. 91. 99. .. ' certain i certain mbft fubtile Spirit, which pervaded .* and lies hid in all grofs bodies ; by the force « and action of which Spirit,...particles of * bodies mutually attract one another at near * diftances, and cohere, if contiguous; and « electric bodies operate to greater diftances, * as well... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Astronomy - 1815 - 686 pages
...celestial bodies, and of our sea. " And now we might add something concerning a certain most subtle spirit, which pervades and lies hid in all gross bodies,...at near distances, and cohere, if contiguous, and electric bodies operate to greater distances, as well repelling as attracting the neighbouring corpuscles;... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - Theology - 1818 - 570 pages
...determinari et monstrari debent." " And now we might add something concerning a " certain most subtle spirit, which pervades and lies " hid in all gross...of " which spirit, the particles of bodies mutually at" tract one another at near distances, and cohere if " contiguous ; and electric bodies operate to... | |
 | Bartholomew Prescot - Astronomy - 1822 - 292 pages
...and elastic SPIRIT, which" he says " pervades and lies hid" (certainly no one ever saw or felt it,) " in all gross bodies. By the force and action of which spirit," (amongst other wonders, he XXIV tells us of,) " all sensation is excited, and the members of animal... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 520 pages
...existence. " A certain most subtle spirit" says Sir Isaac Newton, at the close of his Principia, " pervades and lies hid in all gross bodies ; by the...at near distances, and cohere if contiguous ; and electric bodies operate to greater distances, as well repelling as attracting the neighbouring corpuscles... | |
 | Mine and body - 1829 - 150 pages
...And now we might add,' says he (Prin. Math. p. last,) ' something concerning a certain, most subtle spirit, which pervades, and lies hid in all gross...which spirit, the particles of bodies mutually attract each other at near distances, and cohere if contiguous ; and electric bodies operating to greater distances,... | |
 | Tasmania - 1834 - 502 pages
...AND F. FROM THE SCRAP BOOK OF A STUDENT. NO. I. SPIRIT OP MATTER. — There is a certain most subtle spirit, which pervades and lies hid in all gross bodies...at near distances, and cohere if contiguous ; and electric bodies operate at greater distances, as well in repelling as attracting the neighbouring corpuscules... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - Theology - 1846 - 588 pages
...determinari et monstrari debent." " And now we might add something concerning a certain most subt/e spirit, which pervades and lies hid in all gross bodies...at near distances, and cohere if contiguous ; and electric bodies operate to greater distances, as well repelling as attracting the neighborins; corpuscles... | |
 | 1862 - 280 pages
...in its first rude particles, chaotic and unpervaded by what we have called the parent force. Light force and action of which spirit the particles of...another at near distances, and cohere if contiguous, and electric bodies operate to greater distances, as well repelling as attracting the neighbouring corpuscles... | |
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