 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 450 σελίδες
...But if we obferved the cord, and found that its ten fio n was that very tenfion which tiie inotions of the globes required, we might conclude the motion...the bodies to be at reft; and then, laftly, from the tranfhtion of the globes among the bodies, we fliould find the determination of their motions. Having... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 788 σελίδες
...tu the bodies. 15 ut if we ol. served t'-if cord, and found that its tension was that very tension which the motions of the globes required, we might conclude the. motion to he in t!e globes, nnd the bodies to be at rest; :ind then, lastly, from the trans', ation of Ihe glob>s... | |
 | 1816 - 778 σελίδες
...even in an immenfe vacuum,, where there was nothing external or fenlible, with which the globes might be compared. But now, if in that fpace fome remote...we fhould find the determination of their motions. SECT. V. Of the LAWS qf MOTION. HAVING thus explained himfelf, Sir ISAAC propoles to fhow how we are... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 438 σελίδες
...globes or to the bodies. But if we observed the cord, and found that its tension was that very tension which the motions of the globes required, we might...motion to be in the globes, and the bodies to be at rest; and then, lastly, from the translation of the globes among the bodies, we should find the determination... | |
 | 1877 - 614 σελίδες
...further on he says, " But if we observed the cord, and found that its tension was that very ten- , sion which the motions of the globes required, we might...conclude the motion to be in the globes, and the bodies [among which they were apparently moving] to be at rest; and then, lastly, from the translation of... | |
 | Edwin Arthur Burtt - 1925 - 382 σελίδες
...globes or to the bodies. But if we observed the cord, and found that its tension was that very tension which the motions of the globes required, we might...motion to be in the globes, and the bodies to be at rest ; and then, lastly, from the translation of the globes among the bodies, we should find the determination... | |
 | Michael R. Matthews - 1989 - 180 σελίδες
...globes or to the bodies. But if we observed the cord, and found that its tension was that very tension which the motions of the globes required, we might...motion to be in the globes, and the bodies to be at rest; and then, lastly, from the translation of the globes among the bodies, we should find the determination... | |
 | Jonathan Westphal, Carl Avren Levenson - 1993 - 264 σελίδες
...bodies. But if we observed the cord, and found that its tension was that very tension which the motion of the globes required, we might conclude the motion to be in the globes and the bodies to be at rest; and then, lastly, from the translation of the globes among the bodies, we should find the determination... | |
 | Nick Huggett - 1999 - 292 σελίδες
...globes or to the bodies. But if we observed the cord, and found that its tension was that very tension which the motions of the globes required, we might...motion to be in the globes, and the bodies to be at rest; and then, lastly, from the translation of the globes among the bodies, we should find the determination... | |
 | Roger Ariew, Eric Watkins - 2000 - 326 σελίδες
...globes or to the bodies. But if we observed the cord and found that its tension was that very tension which the motions of the globes required, we might...motion to be in the globes and the bodies to be at rest; and then, lastly, from the translation of the globes among the bodies, we should find the determination... | |
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... to another, as the fixed stars do in our regions, we could not indeed determine from the relative translation of the globes among those bodies, whether the motion did belong to the globes or to the bodies. But if we observed the cord, and found that... 
