 | 1824 - 384 sider
...matter continually driven off from the sun's surface, with so enormous a swiftness. Must not, says he, the smallest particle conceivable, have, with such a motion, a force exceeding that of a twenty-four pounder discharged from a cannon? Must not the sun diminish exceedingly by such a waste... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 552 sider
...communicating the illustration of the theorem concerning light. It is very curious. But I must own I am much in the dark about light. I am not satisfied...have, with such a motion, a force exceeding that of a twenty-four pounder, discharged from a cannon ? Must not the sun diminish exceedingly by such a waste... | |
 | William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington - 1863 - 382 sider
...matter continually driven off from the sun's surface, with so enormous a swiftness. Must iiot, says he, the smallest particle conceivable,, have, with such a motion, a force exceeding that of a twenty-four pounder discharged from a cannon? Must not the sun diminish exceedingly bj such a waste... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1882 - 556 sider
...communicating the illustration of the theorem concerning light. It is very curious. But I must own I am much in the dark about light. I am not satisfied...of matter called light, continually driven off from th$ sun's surface, with a swiftness so prodigious! Must not the smallest particle conceivable have,... | |
 | Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - 1895 - 368 sider
...theorem concerning light. It is very curious. But I " must own I am much in the dark about light. 1 am not " satisfied with the doctrine that supposes...with such a motion, a force " exceeding that of a twenty-four pounder, discharged from " a cannon ? Must not the sun diminish exceedingly by " such a... | |
 | 1921 - 520 sider
...the Dark about Light. I am not satisfy'd with the Doctrine that supposes Particles of Matter call'd Light continually driven off from the Sun's Surface,...have, with such a Motion, a Force exceeding that of a 24 pounder discharg'd from a Cannon? Must not the Sun diminish exceedingly by such a Waste of Matter,... | |
 | Colonial Society of Massachusetts - 1917 - 578 sider
...you for communicating the illustration of the theorem of light. It is very curious. But I must own I am much in the dark about light. I am not satisfied...have, with such a motion, a force exceeding that of a twenty-four pounder discharged from a cannon? Must not the sun diminish exceedingly by such a waste... | |
 | John Trowbridge - 1917 - 28 sider
...you for communicating the illustration of the theorem of light. It is very curious. But I must own I am much in the dark about light. I am not satisfied...have, with such a motion, a force exceeding that of a twenty-four pounder discharged from a cannon? Must not the sun diminish exceedingly by such a waste... | |
 | Colonial Society of Massachusetts - 1917 - 596 sider
...you for communicating the illustration of the theorem of light. It is very curious. But I must own I am much in the dark about light. I am not satisfied...have, with such a motion, a force exceeding that of a twenty-four pounder discharged from a cannon? Must not the sun diminish exceedingly by such a waste... | |
 | Cadwallader Colden - 1921 - 526 sider
...the Dark about Light. I am not satisfy'd with the Doctrine that supposes Particles of Matter call'd Light continually driven off from the Sun's Surface,...have, with such a Motion, a Force exceeding that of a 24 pounder discharg'd from a Cannon? Must not the Sun diminish exceedingly by such a Waste of Matter,... | |
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I am not satisfied with the doctrine that supposes particles of matter, called light, continually driven off from the sun's surface, with a swiftness so prodigious! Must not the smallest particle conceivable have, with such a motion, a force exceeding... 
