Assertion: newton's theory | /r/HasAspect | wide acceptance
Facets:
value: for some time
type: TEMPORAL
value: before newton's work
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Less of Book 2 has stood the test of time than of Books 1 and 3, and it has been said that Book 2 was largely written on purpose to refute a theory of Descartes which had some wide acceptance before Newton's work (and for some time after).