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" All these things being considered, it seems probable to me that God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties and in such proportion to space as most... "
Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay: With Indexes... - Page 462
by Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 764 pages
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A History of Chemistry

Forris Jewett Moore - Chemistry - 1918 - 364 pages
...it took very definite form in the mind of Newton who expressed himself on the subject as follows : "It seems probable to me that God in the beginning...with such other properties, and in such proportion, as most conduced to the end for which He formed them; and that these primitive particles, being solids,...
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The Letters and Papers of Cadwallader Colden: 1761-1764

Cadwallader Colden - 1923 - 472 pages
...beginning, "formed Matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, "Moveable particles, of such sizes, figures and with such "other properties, and in such..."most conduced to the end for which he formed them; "That these particles have not only a vis INEBTLE, "accompanied with such passive laws of motion, as...
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The Letters and Papers of Cadwallader Colden ... 1711-[1775], Volume 55

Cadwallader Colden - New York (State) - 1923 - 476 pages
...beginning, "formed Matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, "Moveable particles, of such sizes, figures and with such "other properties, and in such..."most conduced to the end for which he formed them; "That these particles have not only a vls INERTLB, "accompanied with such passive laws of motion, as...
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Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year ...

New-York Historical Society - New York (State) - 1923 - 484 pages
...beginning, "formed Matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, "Moveable particles, of such sizes, figures and with such "other properties, and in such..."most conduced to the end for which he formed them; "That these particles have not only a vis INERTLB, "accompanied with such passive laws of motion, as...
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Harper's Magazine, Volume 149

American literature - 1924 - 962 pages
...of slow and patient investigation, which Dr. Harrow here undertakes to recount. — Editor* Note. " It seems probable to me that God in the beginning...figures, and with such other properties, and in such proportions to space, as most conducted for the end for which he formed them; and that these primitive...
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Harper's Magazine, Volume 149

American literature - 1924 - 848 pages
...of slow and patient investigation, which Ur. Harrow here undertakes to recount. — Editor's Note. " It seems probable to me that God in the beginning...figures, and with such other properties, and in such proportions to space, as most conducted for the end for which he formed them; and that these primitive...
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Notices of the Proceedings at the Meetings of the Members of the ..., Volume 24

Royal Institution of Great Britain - Science - 1925 - 766 pages
...essential steps taken during the nineteenth century to realise what Newton foresaw when he remarked : " It seems probable to me, that God in the beginning...other properties, and in such proportion to space, as must conduce to the end for which He formed them ; and that these primitive particles, being solids,...
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The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science: A Historical and ...

Edwin Arthur Burtt - History - 1925 - 382 pages
...which its reduction to mathematical law necessarily emphasized. " All these things being considered, it seems probable to me, that God in the beginning...sizes and figures, and with such other properties, in such proportion to space, as most conduced to the end for which he formed them ; and that these...
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Sir Isaac Newton, 1727-1927: A Bicentenary Evaluation of His Work

History of Science Society - Physicists - 1928 - 394 pages
...out .... All these things being consider'd it seems probable to me, that God in the Beginning form'd Matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, movable...to Space, as most conduced to the End for which he form'd them." (p. 375.) "For it became him who created them to set them in order. And if he did so,...
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The Bases of Modern Science

John William Navin Sullivan - Physics - 1928 - 266 pages
...themselves to scientific description are described exhaustively. When, for instance, Newton says : " It seems probable to me that God in the beginning...sizes and figures, and with such other properties, in such proportion to space, as most conduced to the end for which he formed them ; and that these...
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