...ground, was not limited to a certain distance from Earth, but that this power must extend much farther than was usually thought. Why not as high as the moon said he to himself & if so that must influence her [the moon's] motion & perhaps retain her in her orbit, whereupon he...

...to a certain distance from the earth but must extend much farther than was usually thought — \\'hy not as high as the Moon said he to himself and if so that must influence her motion and perhaps retain her in her orbit, whereupon he fell a calculating...

...him in 1666, when he had retired into the country from Cambridge, in the twenty-fourth year of his age. " As he sat alone in a garden, he fell into a...Why not as high as the moon ? ' said he to himself; 4 and, if so, her motion must be influenced by it; perhaps she is retained in her orbit thereby.' "...

...into a speculation on the power of gravity ; that as this power is not found sensibly diminished fit the remotest distance from the centre of the earth...perhaps she is retained in her orbit thereby."— WHE WELL, Hist, ofthelnd. Sciences, vol. 1, b. vii., ch. ii., § 3." mystic powers in the several colors....

...rise .... it appeared to him reasonable to conclude that this power must extend much farther than is usually thought. Why not as high as the moon ? said...it : perhaps she is retained in her orbit thereby.' The story that this train of thought was aroused by seeing an apple fall is due to Voltaire, and is...