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We are not therefore obliged to admit a new medium distinct from light , and of a
finer and more exquisite substance , for the explication of ph¿nomena , which
appear to be as well explained without it . How can the density or elasticity of
¿ther ...
We are not therefore obliged to admit a new medium distinct from light , and of a
finer and more exquisite substance , for the explication of ph¿nomena , which
appear to be as well explained without it . How can the density or elasticity of
¿ther ...
Page 108
... final cause ( a ) , it should seem the mechanical philosophers never explained
any thing ; their province being only to discover the laws of nature , that is the
general rules and methods of motion , and to account for particular ph¿nomena
...
... final cause ( a ) , it should seem the mechanical philosophers never explained
any thing ; their province being only to discover the laws of nature , that is the
general rules and methods of motion , and to account for particular ph¿nomena
...
Page 110
All the ph¿nomena in nature are produced by motion . There appears an uniform
working in things great and small , by attracting and repelling forces . But the
particular laws of attraction and repulsion are various . Nor are we concerned at
all ...
All the ph¿nomena in nature are produced by motion . There appears an uniform
working in things great and small , by attracting and repelling forces . But the
particular laws of attraction and repulsion are various . Nor are we concerned at
all ...
Page 115
Attraction cannot produce , and in that sense account for che ph¿nomena , being
it self one of the ph¿nomena produced and to be accounted for ( n ) . Attraction is
performed by different laws , and cannot therefore in all cases be the effect of ...
Attraction cannot produce , and in that sense account for che ph¿nomena , being
it self one of the ph¿nomena produced and to be accounted for ( n ) . Attraction is
performed by different laws , and cannot therefore in all cases be the effect of ...
Page 120
one another , as well as on the particles of light ; for producing most of the
ph¿nomena in nature ? But in reality , those minute particles are only agited
according to certain laws of nature , by some other agent , wherein the force
exists and not ...
one another , as well as on the particles of light ; for producing most of the
ph¿nomena in nature ? But in reality , those minute particles are only agited
according to certain laws of nature , by some other agent , wherein the force
exists and not ...
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| Title | Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ... |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London reprinted, for W. Innys & C. Hitch, & C. Davis, 1744 |
| Original from | Austria Rahvusraamatukogu |
| Digitized | 13 mai 2013 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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