Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 507
... reft is the natural condition of matter . We cannot fay that we have ever seen a body at reft ; this is evident to every person who allows the validity of the Newtonian philofophy , and the truth of the Copernican fyftem of the fun and ...
... reft is the natural condition of matter . We cannot fay that we have ever seen a body at reft ; this is evident to every person who allows the validity of the Newtonian philofophy , and the truth of the Copernican fyftem of the fun and ...
Page 508
... reft , and you affert that it ning caufe . will not remain at reft , it must move in fome one direc- tion . If it be in motion in any direction , and with any velocity , and do not continue its equable , rectilineal , motion , it must ...
... reft , and you affert that it ning caufe . will not remain at reft , it must move in fome one direc- tion . If it be in motion in any direction , and with any velocity , and do not continue its equable , rectilineal , motion , it must ...
Page 511
... reft . When we fee a moving body ftop fhort in an inftant , or be gra- dually , but quickly , brought to reft , we never fail to fpeculate about a cause of this ceffation or retardation . The cafe is no way different in itself although ...
... reft . When we fee a moving body ftop fhort in an inftant , or be gra- dually , but quickly , brought to reft , we never fail to fpeculate about a cause of this ceffation or retardation . The cafe is no way different in itself although ...
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