 | Peter Michael Harman, Alan E. Shapiro - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 552 pages
...same in number with the branches of physics... For magnitude is the common affection of all physical things, it is interwoven in the nature of bodies, blended with all corporeal accidents, and well-nigh bears the principal part in the production of every natural effect... there is no part of... | |
 | J. V. Field, Frank A. J. L. James - History - 1997 - 314 pages
...which is not some way dependent on geometry . . . magnitude is the common affection of all physical things, it is interwoven in the nature of bodies, blended with all corporeal accidents, and well-nigh bears the principal part in the production of every natural effect.'7 " There is no such... | |
 | K. Neal - Mathematics - 2002 - 194 pages
..."°° He also said, For Magnitude is the common Affection of all physical Things, it is ntterwoven in the Nature of Bodies, blended with all corporeal Accidents, and well nigh bears the prntciple Part of the Production of every natural Effect Indeed, all of physics was part of Geometry... | |
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Newton's teacher, Isaac Barrow, said in a lecture Newton probably heard, "Magnitude is the common Affection of all physical things, it is interwoven in the Nature of Bodies, blended with all corporeal Accidents, and well nigh bears the Principal Part... 