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... medium , whofe elasticity . is less than that of pure æther , fire , or fpirit , in proportion to the quantity of falts , vapours , and heterogeneous particles contained therein . Hence it follows , that there is no fuch thing as a pure ...
... medium , whofe elasticity . is less than that of pure æther , fire , or fpirit , in proportion to the quantity of falts , vapours , and heterogeneous particles contained therein . Hence it follows , that there is no fuch thing as a pure ...
Page 77
... medium , feems to have been the air or principle , from which all things according to Anaximenes derived their birth , and into which they were back again refolved at their death . Hip- pocrates , in his treatife De diæta , fpeaketh of ...
... medium , feems to have been the air or principle , from which all things according to Anaximenes derived their birth , and into which they were back again refolved at their death . Hip- pocrates , in his treatife De diæta , fpeaketh of ...
Page 97
... medium . 4 209. Befides , we may fuppofe the particles of light to be indefinitely fmall , that is , as fmall as we pleafe , and their aggregate to bear as fmall a proportion to the void as we pleafe , there being nothing in this that ...
... medium . 4 209. Befides , we may fuppofe the particles of light to be indefinitely fmall , that is , as fmall as we pleafe , and their aggregate to bear as fmall a proportion to the void as we pleafe , there being nothing in this that ...
Page 102
... not itself the ignited body , being an inftrument or medium ( c ) by which the real agent doth operate on groffer bodies . ( a ) 153 , 156 , 157 . ( b ) 190. ( c ) 160 . 222. It 222. It hath been fhewed in Sir Ifaac Newton's Optics ( 102 )
... not itself the ignited body , being an inftrument or medium ( c ) by which the real agent doth operate on groffer bodies . ( a ) 153 , 156 , 157 . ( b ) 190. ( c ) 160 . 222. It 222. It hath been fhewed in Sir Ifaac Newton's Optics ( 102 )
Page 103
... medium he calls æther . He fuppofeth it to be more fubtil in its nature , and more - fwift in its motion , than light , freely to pervade all bodies , and by its immense elafticity to be expanded throughout all the hea- vens . Its ...
... medium he calls æther . He fuppofeth it to be more fubtil in its nature , and more - fwift in its motion , than light , freely to pervade all bodies , and by its immense elafticity to be expanded throughout all the hea- vens . Its ...
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