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... follow some higher law than the inverse square . 10. The ether of the universe greatly exceeds in quan- tity , or in the number of its atoms , the amount of ponderable matter . The force of cohesion , by the hypothesis , must depend on ...
... follow some higher law than the inverse square . 10. The ether of the universe greatly exceeds in quan- tity , or in the number of its atoms , the amount of ponderable matter . The force of cohesion , by the hypothesis , must depend on ...
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... follow that the distance of the atoms must be less than 1000000 in . and may be very greatly less . 12. The pressure of the ether on any surface must be immensely great . The pressure of common air , at the earth's surface , is nearly ...
... follow that the distance of the atoms must be less than 1000000 in . and may be very greatly less . 12. The pressure of the ether on any surface must be immensely great . The pressure of common air , at the earth's surface , is nearly ...
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... follows two different laws , there must be some distance at which they are equal , or have a fixed proportion . The distance at which the attractive power of a monad of matter is half the repulsive power of a monad of ether , will be a ...
... follows two different laws , there must be some distance at which they are equal , or have a fixed proportion . The distance at which the attractive power of a monad of matter is half the repulsive power of a monad of ether , will be a ...
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... follow from the waves of light , that the mean distance of th ether monads must be less than one ten - millionth of a inch , or m greater than 7. But other facts lead to th inference that both of these indices have a much highe value ...
... follow from the waves of light , that the mean distance of th ether monads must be less than one ten - millionth of a inch , or m greater than 7. But other facts lead to th inference that both of these indices have a much highe value ...
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... follows this law 4 n 1 3 ( n - m ) will be n - 1 X And hence the cohesive actio · 3 n - m of two such atoms on each other , if nearly the same a when their atmospheres are condensed at the centres , wi have for its negative index m ...
... follows this law 4 n 1 3 ( n - m ) will be n - 1 X And hence the cohesive actio · 3 n - m of two such atoms on each other , if nearly the same a when their atmospheres are condensed at the centres , wi have for its negative index m ...
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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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