Assertion: newton | /r/CapableOf | propose a contact mechanism
Facets:
value: by means
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: His influence on the continent, however, was delayed by the strong opposition to his theory of gravity expressed by such leading figures as Christiaan Huygens and Leibniz, both of whom saw the theory as invoking an occult power of action at a distance in the absence of Newton's having proposed a contact mechanism by means of which forces of gravity could act.