 I only hint at present to such as have ability and opportunity of prosecuting this inquiry, and are not wanting of industry for observing and calculating, wishing heartily such may be found, having myself many other things in hand, which I would first...  The Life of Sir Isaac Newton - Page 139de David Brewster - 1833 - 323 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1880 - 632 pages
...celestial motions to a certain rule, which I doubt will never be done without it. But this I durst promise the undertaker, that he will find all the...thereof will be the true perfection of astronomy.' f Our readers will perceive that he was at this time still at fault as to the rate of decrease of the... | |
 | John Walker - 1813 - 326 pages
...hand, which I " will first compleat, and therefore cannot soe well attend " to it. But this I durst promise the undertaker; that he '' will find all the great motions of the world to be in•' fluenced by this principle, and that the true understand" ing thereof, will be the true perfection... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 584 pages
...things in hand, which I would first complete, and therefore cannot so well attend it. But this I durst promise the undertaker, that he will find all the...thereof will be the true perfection of astronomy." Without lessening the credit due to the distinct expression of such remarkable ideas, it is proper... | |
 | Lives - 1833 - 588 pages
...things in hand, which I would first complete, and therefore cannot so well attend it. But this I durst promise the undertaker, that he will find all the...thereof will be the true perfection of astronomy." Without lessening the credit due to the distinct expression of such remarkable ideas, it is proper... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 606 pages
...But this I durst promise the undertaker, that he will find all the great motions of the world to lie influenced by this principle, and that the true understanding...thereof will be the true perfection of astronomy." Without lessening the credit due to the distinct expression of such remarkable ideas, it is proper... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 584 pages
...things in hand, which I would first complete, and therefore cannot so well attend it. But this I durst promise the undertaker, that he will find all the : great motions of the world to l>e in- • fluenced by this principle, and that the true understanding thereof will be the true perfection... | |
 | Baden Powell - 1837 - 424 pages
...myself, many other things in hand, which I would first complete, and therefore cannot so well attend to it. But this I do not promise the undertaker, that...thereof will be the true perfection of astronomy." This passage.(though much misunderstood by Delambre,) is extremely interesting, both as showing how nearly... | |
 | Stephen Peter Rigaud - 1838 - 208 pages
...in hand, which I will first com" plete, and therefore cannot so well attend it. But " this I durst promise the undertaker. That he will "find all the great motions of the world to be in"fiuenced by this principle, and that the true under" standing thereof will be the true perfection... | |
 | 1845 - 334 pages
...third supposition is, that those attractive poweis are so much the more powerful in operating by how much the nearer the body wrought upon is to their...it contains " is to be found expressly in Kepler."* * Hist, ds eAftrmimme, eaia Dix-Iaiitieme Siicle, p. 9. CHAPTER XI. Tktfi'jt Idea of Gravity ocours... | |
 | David Brewster - 1855 - 504 pages
...things in hand which I would first complete, and therefore cannot so well attend it. But this I durst promise the undertaker, that he will find all the...thereof will be the true perfection of astronomy." l In this remarkable passage, the doctrine of universal gravitation, and the general law of the planetary... | |
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