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Page 3
... further , at the close of the work : " Whatever is not de- duced 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 experi ...
... further , at the close of the work : " Whatever is not de- duced 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 experi ...
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... further varieties , or of fundamental diver- sities in matter itself , or of many distinct and unchangeable material substances , is opposed to the true laws of a sound induction . But before the inquiry can make any consider ...
... further varieties , or of fundamental diver- sities in matter itself , or of many distinct and unchangeable material substances , is opposed to the true laws of a sound induction . But before the inquiry can make any consider ...
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... further advance in phy- sical science . The history of Astronomy for two centuries has consisted mainly in the development of its results . But rich and fertile as its consequences , in one direction , have proved to be , those which ...
... further advance in phy- sical science . The history of Astronomy for two centuries has consisted mainly in the development of its results . But rich and fertile as its consequences , in one direction , have proved to be , those which ...
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... further elements ; an arbitrary radius of the solid nucleus , an arbitrary shape of the atom , a surface of abrupt and infinite repulsion , a structure unalterably rigid , and also an arbitrary relation of the centre of force to the ...
... further elements ; an arbitrary radius of the solid nucleus , an arbitrary shape of the atom , a surface of abrupt and infinite repulsion , a structure unalterably rigid , and also an arbitrary relation of the centre of force to the ...
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... further conception of the con- stitution of matter is an unproved addition . Also the conception , in this simplest form , involves no greater meta- physical difficulty than may be shewn to exist equally in every other conception of ...
... further conception of the con- stitution of matter is an unproved addition . Also the conception , in this simplest form , involves no greater meta- physical difficulty than may be shewn to exist equally in every other conception of ...
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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...