 | Dirk Evers - 2000 - 464 trang
...limited to a certain distance from the earth but that this power must extend much farther than was usually thought. Why not as high as the moon said he to himself '59. Noch im Scholium Generale der Principia wird die Schwerkraft der Sonne nur als bis zur Bahn des... | |
 | Carlos I. Calle - 2001 - 682 trang
...mountains; it appeared to him reasonable to conclude, that this power must extend much farther than was usually thought; why not as high as the Moon, said...influenced by it; perhaps she is retained in her orbit thereby. However, though the power of gravity is not sensibly weakened in the little change of distance,... | |
 | Julian B. Barbour - 2001 - 778 trang
...remotest distance from the center of the earth . . . that this power must extend much further than was usually thought; why not as high as the moon, said he to himself?' And according to Newton himself:56 'And in the same year [1665 or 1666] I began to think of gravity extending... | |
 | Ian Whitelaw - 2007 - 172 trang
...ground) was not limited to a certain distance from the earth but must extend much farther than was usually thought — Why not as high as the Moon said he to himself and if so that must influence her motion and perhaps retain her in her orbit, whereupon he fell a calculating... | |
 | Ian Whitelaw - 2007 - 172 trang
...to a certain distance from the earth but must extend much farther than was usually thought — \\'hy not as high as the Moon said he to himself and if so that must influence her motion and perhaps retain her in her orbit, whereupon he fell a calculating... | |
 | Natalie M. Rosinsky - 2007 - 120 trang
...not limited to a certain distance from Earth, but that this power must extend much farther than was usually thought. Why not as high as the moon said he to himself & if so that must influence her [the moon's] motion & perhaps retain her in her orbit, whereupon he... | |
 | 1922 - 1406 trang
...sensibly diminished at the remotest distance from the centre of the earth to which we can rise .... it appeared to him reasonable to conclude that this...influenced by it : perhaps she is retained in her orbit thereby.' The story that this train of thought was aroused by seeing an apple fall is due to Voltaire,... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1869 - 704 trang
...mountains, it appeared to him reasonable to conclude that this power must extend much further than was usually thought. ' Why not as high as the moon ? ' said he to himself; 4 and, if so, her motion must be influenced by it; perhaps she is retained in her orbit thereby.' "... | |
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... from the centre of the earth to which» •we can rise, neither at the tops of the loftiest buildings, nor even on the summits of the highest mountains, it appeared to him reasonable to conclude that this power must extend much farther than was usually... 
