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... depend . In a later review of the subject , by combining the known data , and adopting an inductive course , this difficulty , I believe , was finally removed . Its source was the assumption , on grounds of apparent simplicity , of the ...
... depend . In a later review of the subject , by combining the known data , and adopting an inductive course , this difficulty , I believe , was finally removed . Its source was the assumption , on grounds of apparent simplicity , of the ...
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... depend . 7. A self - repulsive ether , wholly distinct from common matter , also exists , and is diffused widely throughout all known space . The closing words of the Principia are like a prophecy , and shew in what direction the second ...
... depend . 7. A self - repulsive ether , wholly distinct from common matter , also exists , and is diffused widely throughout all known space . The closing words of the Principia are like a prophecy , and shew in what direction the second ...
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... The force of cohesion , by the hypothesis , must depend on the presence of ether along with the material atoms . Hence , even in solids and liquids , the number of ether atoms must exceed that of the material atoms . But CHAPTER I. 13.
... The force of cohesion , by the hypothesis , must depend on the presence of ether along with the material atoms . Hence , even in solids and liquids , the number of ether atoms must exceed that of the material atoms . But CHAPTER I. 13.
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... depend , and which will modify every kind of molecular action . This may be called the Ether Constant . A cubic inch of water must contain a certain number of material monads , on which its weight depends . If these are all arranged ...
... depend , and which will modify every kind of molecular action . This may be called the Ether Constant . A cubic inch of water must contain a certain number of material monads , on which its weight depends . If these are all arranged ...
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... depends on the chemical atom and structure , and the density . If now we assume the Ether and Solid Constants to be equal , and the cohesion of steel to be nearly the same as of matter evenly disposed , density = 1 , we have 17 , 9 ...
... depends on the chemical atom and structure , and the density . If now we assume the Ether and Solid Constants to be equal , and the cohesion of steel to be nearly the same as of matter evenly disposed , density = 1 , we have 17 , 9 ...
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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.
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