 | Isaac Newton - Celestial mechanics - 1803 - 344 pages
...high as the moon ?'* laid he to himfelf; " and if fo, her motion muft be influenced by it; perhaps fhe is retained in her orbit by it: however, though the power of gravity is not fenfibly weakened in the little change of diftance at which we can plac'e ourTelves from the centre... | |
 | John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 568 pages
...him reasonable to conclude, that this power must extend much farther than is usually imagined; " and why not as high as the moon?" said he to himself;...influenced by it: perhaps she is retained in her orbit thereby. However, though the power of gravity is not sensibly weakened in the little change of distance,... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1808 - 496 pages
...mountains, it appeared to him reasonable to conclude, that this power must extend much farther than was usually thought. Why not as high as the moon ? said...her motion must be influenced by it ; perhaps she ft retained in her orbit thereby ; however, though the power of gravity is not sensibly weakened in... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 788 pages
...mountains it appeared to him reasonable to conclude, that thit power tnust extend much further than i* usually thought— '• Why not as high as the moon...retained in her orbit by it ; however, though the power "f gravity is not sensibly weakened in the littie change of distance at which we can place ourselves... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 830 pages
...mountains it appeared to him reasonable to conclude, that this porter must extend much further than ¡к usually thought.—" Why not as high as the moon ?" said he to himself; " ai*l if so, her motion must be influenced by it ; perhaps she is retained in her orbit by it ; however,... | |
 | Francis Wayland - Sermons, American - 1833 - 388 pages
...rise, it appeared to him reasonable, to conclude that this power must extend much farther than was usually thought. Why not as high as the moon, said he to himself, and if so, her * Note H. motion must be influenced by it; perhaps she is retained in her orbit thereby. And if the... | |
 | Francis Wayland - Sermons, American - 1833 - 388 pages
...than was usually thought. Why not as high as the moon, said he to himself, and if so, her * Note H. motion must be influenced by it ; perhaps she is retained in her orbit thereby. And if the moon be retained in her orbit by the force of gravity, no doubt the primary planets... | |
 | James Edward Gambier - Religion and science - 1834 - 268 pages
...centre of the earth, to which we can rise, it appeared to him that this power must extejid much further than is usually thought. Why not as high as the moon,...influenced by it ; perhaps she is retained in her orbit thereby ; and if the moon be retained in her orbit by the force of gravity, no doubt the primary planets... | |
 | William Whewell - Science - 1837 - 1048 pages
...mountains, it appeared to him reasonable to conclude that this power must extend much further than was usually thought : Why not as high as the moon? said...influenced by it ; perhaps she is retained in her orbit thereby." The thought of cosmical gravitation was thus distinctly brought into being: and Newton's... | |
 | Stephen Peter Rigaud - Physics - 1838 - 208 pages
...View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy. APPEND. E that this power must extend much farther than was usually thought ; why not as high as the moon ? said...influenced by it ; perhaps she is retained in her orbit thereby. However, though the power of gravity is not sensibly weakened in the little change of distance,... | |
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... from the centre 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 must extend much farther than was usually... 
