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... inch . The violet rays of light make 60,000 undulations in one inch . With the limit assumed above , there would be only 167 ether particles in the length of a wave . In like manner 250 would be the number in the length of a red ray ...
... inch . The violet rays of light make 60,000 undulations in one inch . With the limit assumed above , there would be only 167 ether particles in the length of a wave . In like manner 250 would be the number in the length of a red ray ...
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... inch . It is plain , then , how powerful must be the action of what are usually called the imponderable elements , or the mechani- cal forces , which light , heat and electricity , bring con- tinually into play . 13. The action of ...
... inch . It is plain , then , how powerful must be the action of what are usually called the imponderable elements , or the mechani- cal forces , which light , heat and electricity , bring con- tinually into play . 13. The action of ...
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... inch of water must contain a certain number of material monads , on which its weight depends . If these are all arranged symmetrically , at right angles , they will define a certain mean linear distance of the monads of matter , when ...
... inch of water must contain a certain number of material monads , on which its weight depends . If these are all arranged symmetrically , at right angles , they will define a certain mean linear distance of the monads of matter , when ...
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... inch of water , is 2.40219 . The Earth's attraction , assuming its density to be 5.5 , exceeds that of a cubic inch of water at one inch distance , log = 9.39790 . But the action of one cubic inch on another must exceed that of one atom ...
... inch of water , is 2.40219 . The Earth's attraction , assuming its density to be 5.5 , exceeds that of a cubic inch of water at one inch distance , log = 9.39790 . But the action of one cubic inch on another must exceed that of one atom ...
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... inch . Hence the index for the Solid Constant , cannot be less than seven and may be much greater . In like manner , it follow from the waves of light , that the mean distance of th ether monads must be less than one ten - millionth of a ...
... inch . Hence the index for the Solid Constant , cannot be less than seven and may be much greater . In like manner , it follow from the waves of light , that the mean distance of th ether monads must be less than one ten - millionth of a ...
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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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