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... force , in nearly all branches of physics , were then im- perfectly traced out in connexion with various kinds of phenomena , and became settled convictions of my mind . A second step , after some little interval , was to discern the ...
... force , in nearly all branches of physics , were then im- perfectly traced out in connexion with various kinds of phenomena , and became settled convictions of my mind . A second step , after some little interval , was to discern the ...
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... 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 a wide interval between the chemical ...
... 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 a wide interval between the chemical ...
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... force , when they move opposite ways , and with half the force , when the motion is in the direction of their distance , have none of the simplicity of ultimate laws . No explanation at all is given , why elec- tricity in motion should ...
... force , when they move opposite ways , and with half the force , when the motion is in the direction of their distance , have none of the simplicity of ultimate laws . No explanation at all is given , why elec- tricity in motion should ...
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... force ; the curve of force being such as to cross the axis several times , or to have several neutral distances , where the force changes from attraction to repulsion , the repulsion tending to infinity at one limit , and the attraction ...
... force ; the curve of force being such as to cross the axis several times , or to have several neutral distances , where the force changes from attraction to repulsion , the repulsion tending to infinity at one limit , and the attraction ...
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... force the lock with a wrong key , lays it aside quickly , and tries another . There can be no more complete test of an hypothesis than its power to explain all the phenomena ; and the word " true " in Newton's rule , may thus appear not ...
... force the lock with a wrong key , lays it aside quickly , and tries another . There can be no more complete test of an hypothesis than its power to explain all the phenomena ; and the word " true " in Newton's rule , may thus appear not ...
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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...