Dey talks and talks and one thing make 'pression on my mind.
Dem sales am one thing what make de 'pression on me.
And if it be rejected, the Hypotheses that Light consists in Pression or Motion, propagated through such a Medium, are rejected with it.
To me, at least, this seems inexplicable, if Light be nothing else than Pression or Motion propagated through AEther.
And if it consisted in Pression or Motion, propagated either in an instant or in time, it would bend into the Shadow.
Are not all Hypotheses erroneous, in which Light is supposed to consist in Pression or Motion, propagated through a fluid Medium?
If Light consisted only in Pression propagated without actual Motion, it would not be able to agitate and heat the Bodies which refract and reflect it.
To explain the unusual Refraction of Island Crystal by Pression or Motion propagated, has not hitherto been attempted (to my knowledge) except by Huygens, who for that end supposed two several vibrating Mediums within that Crystal.
For Pression or Motion cannot be propagated in a Fluid in right Lines, beyond an Obstacle which stops part of the Motion, but will bend and spread every way into the quiescent Medium which lies beyond the Obstacle.
If the Body is compact, and bends or yields inward to Pression without any sliding of its Parts, it is hard and elastick, returning to its Figure with a Force rising from the mutual Attraction of its Parts.
I's been a square citizen an' dere hasn't been a time dat I is had to call on nobody but Uncle Sam when ole man 'pression cotched me.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pression" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
