... application of this position of rest to any of the planets is, however, very difficult to conceive. MacLaurin, in relation to this fact, states: "This perseverance of a body in a state of rest can only take place in absolute space, and can then only be intelligible by admitting it." In dealing with the physical cause of Gravitation, I hope to be able to show that it can not only be admitted as a mathematical proposition, but that it can be made intelligible from the ... — Aether and Gravitation • William George Hooper
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