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... constants , required by the laws of force , as would satisfy the phenomena of light and of the cohesion of solids , and also make mechanical structure a direct and im- mediate result of chemical composition . It seemed needful to allow ...
... constants , required by the laws of force , as would satisfy the phenomena of light and of the cohesion of solids , and also make mechanical structure a direct and im- mediate result of chemical composition . It seemed needful to allow ...
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... constant revolution should exist around the particles of a magnet . The theory may have its use as a landing - place ... constantly from one part of it to another . But the later discoveries of the Polarization of Heat , and of its ...
... constant revolution should exist around the particles of a magnet . The theory may have its use as a landing - place ... constantly from one part of it to another . But the later discoveries of the Polarization of Heat , and of its ...
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... constants of force , and constants of distance . The first result of these simple axioms , when applied to the great problem of physical science , still unsolved , is to sweep away all the specific fluids , which have been con ...
... constants of force , and constants of distance . The first result of these simple axioms , when applied to the great problem of physical science , still unsolved , is to sweep away all the specific fluids , which have been con ...
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... , will presently appear for assuming still higher powers for the true laws of nature . the mass . 14. The Three Laws of Force imply two independent constants , and two others result from the actual constitution CHAPTER I. 15.
... , will presently appear for assuming still higher powers for the true laws of nature . the mass . 14. The Three Laws of Force imply two independent constants , and two others result from the actual constitution CHAPTER I. 15.
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... Constant . The distance at which the gravitation of matter to matter , and the repulsion of ether for ether , are equal , will be a Second , or Mean Constant . The distance at which the affinity of matter for ether is one half the ...
... Constant . The distance at which the gravitation of matter to matter , and the repulsion of ether for ether , are equal , will be a Second , or Mean Constant . The distance at which the affinity of matter for ether is one half the ...
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Page 3 - I frame no hypotheses: for whatever is not deduced from the phenomena is to be called an hypothesis ; and hypotheses, whether metaphysical or physical, whether of occult qualities or mechanical, have no place in experimental philosophy.
Page 37 - It seems possible to account for all the phenomena of heat, if it be supposed that in solids the particles are in a constant state of vibratory motion, the particles of the hottest bodies moving with the greatest velocity...