 | Voltaire - English literature - 1909 - 346 pages
...orbit thereby... (Ici Voltaire coupe et change la chaîne des idées) ...He considered with himself that if the moon be retained in her orbit by the force ot gravity, no doubt the primary planets are carried round the sun by the like power... » — On voit... | |
 | Paul Carus - Electronic journals - 1914 - 666 pages
...is here. To make an estimate what might be the degree of this diminution, he considered with himself that if the moon be retained in her orbit by the force...gravity, no doubt the primary planets are carried round the sun by the like power." As a first approximation, Newton supposed the moon to be a particle... | |
 | Paul B. Scheurer, G. Debrock - History - 1988 - 406 pages
...thought; why not as high as the moon? said he to himself." And further: "[He] considered with himself that, if the moon be retained in her orbit by the...gravity, no doubt the primary planets are carried round the sun by the like power." As we have seen, we have good reason to believe that it occurred... | |
 | Alfred Rupert Hall, Isaac Newton - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 236 pages
...here. To make an estimate, what might be the degree of this diminution, he considered with himself, that if the moon be retained in her orbit by the force...gravity, no doubt the primary planets are carried round the sun by the like power. And by comparing the periods of the several planets with their distances... | |
 | Carlos I. Calle - Science - 2001 - 682 pages
...here. To make an estimate, what might be the degree of this diminution, he considered with himself, that if the Moon be retained in her orbit by the force...gravity, no doubt the primary planets are carried round Hie Sun by the like power. And by comparing the periods of the several planets with their distances... | |
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To make an estimate what might be the degree of this diminution, he considered with himself that, if the moon be retained in her orbit by the force of gravity, no doubt the primary planets are carried round the sun by the like power. And, by comparing... 
