...of the last book of his Opticks "in order," as he says, "to a farther search to be made by others." "Have not the small Particles of Bodies certain Powers,...by which they act at a distance, not only upon the Bays of Light for reflecting, refracting and inflecting them, but also upon one another for producing...

...ethereal medium, he finds this idea undermined by the very last query.1 In this query Newton asked : ' Have not the small Particles of Bodies certain Powers,...upon the Rays of Light for reflecting, refracting and inspecting them,2 but upon one another for producing a great part of the Phenomena of Nature ? For...

...at a distance, not only upon the Rays of Light for reflecting, refracting and inspecting them,2 but upon one another for producing a great part of the Phenomena of Nature ? For it 's well known that Bodies act one upon another by the Attraction of Gravity, Magnetism, and Electricity...

...of experimental observations and reflexions upon chemical interactions. In Question 31 he asks : " Have not the small particles of bodies certain powers,...producing a great part of the phenomena of Nature ? . . . " The Attractions of Gravity, Magnetism and Electricity reach to very sensible distances and...

...of experimental observations and reflexions upon chemical interactions. In Question 31 he asks : " Have not the small particles of bodies certain powers,...of light for reflecting, refracting and inflecting thorn, but also upon one another for producing a great part of the phenomena of Nature ? ... " The...

...by Newton in Query 3 1 (as just stated) in the third book of the Opticks. He says in part: "Qu. 31. Have not the small particles of bodies certain powers,...producing a great part of the phenomena of nature? For it is well known that bodies act one upon another by the attractions of gravity, magnetism, and electricity;...

...31. (The consideration of this Query fills the last thirty-two pages of the Treatise, pp. 350-381.) "Have not the small Particles of Bodies certain Powers,...upon one another for producing a great part of the Phaenomena of Nature?" (p. 350.) "The Parts of all homogeneal hard Bodies which fully touch one another,...

...laboratory were as familiar to him as the most elevated conceptions of celestial mechanics* : — " Have not the small particles of bodies certain powers,...producing a great part of the phenomena of nature ? For it is well known that bodies act upon one another by the attractions of gravity, magnetism, and electricity;...

...(1704) legt er diese Ansichten dar. In der Frage 31 behandelt er eingehend die chemischen Phänomene. „Have not the small Particles of Bodies certain...Virtues or Forces, by which they act at a distance, . . . also upon one another for producing a great Part of the Phaenomena of Nature? . . . For when...

...— he did not define their nature or number — operate between the component particles of bodies. ' Have not the small Particles of Bodies certain Powers,...act at a distance, not only upon the Rays of Light. . .but also upon one another for producing a great Part of the Phenomena of Nature?' he was to ask...