An attempt to demonstrate, that all the phoenomena [sic] in nature may be explained by two simple active principles, attraction and repulsion : wherein the attractions of cohesion, gravity, and magnetism, are shewn to be one and the same, and the phoenomena of the latter are more particularly explained / by Gowin Knight.

  • Knight, Gowin, 1713-1772.
Date:
[1748]
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Credit: An attempt to demonstrate, that all the phoenomena [sic] in nature may be explained by two simple active principles, attraction and repulsion : wherein the attractions of cohesion, gravity, and magnetism, are shewn to be one and the same, and the phoenomena of the latter are more particularly explained / by Gowin Knight. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    P T A N A T T E M \ . To demonftrate, That all the l w Phenomena in Nature May be explained by Two Simple Active Principles, ATTRACTION and REPULSION: WHEREIN The ATTRACTIONS of Cohesion, Gravity, and Magnetism, are fhewn to be one and the fame; and the Phenomena of the latter are more particularly explained. By GO WIN KNIGHT', M. B. F.R.S. Remember, Man, “ The TJniverfal Caufe “ Alts not by partial, but by general Laws.” Pope. LONDON: Printed in the Year M.DCC.XLVIII.