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... limit , and the attraction varying as the inverse square at the other . But a law of force with these conditions is so complex , and admits of so many arbitrary varieties , as to make the hypothesis highly improbable , and practically ...
... limit , and the attraction varying as the inverse square at the other . But a law of force with these conditions is so complex , and admits of so many arbitrary varieties , as to make the hypothesis highly improbable , and practically ...
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... 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 , and the difference about 80. It seems plain that , in a discontinuous medium of ...
... 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 , and the difference about 80. It seems plain that , in a discontinuous medium of ...
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... limit to the condensation , and attraction would increase the fastest with the density of The inverse fourth is the lowest power which can satisfy this first condition . Reasons , however , will presently appear for assuming still ...
... limit to the condensation , and attraction would increase the fastest with the density of The inverse fourth is the lowest power which can satisfy this first condition . Reasons , however , will presently appear for assuming still ...
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... limit of that mean distance , so as to form an ether atmo- sphere . The constitution of the central part of this at- mosphere will depend almost entirely on the law of central force , and the outmost strata alone will be much modified ...
... limit of that mean distance , so as to form an ether atmo- sphere . The constitution of the central part of this at- mosphere will depend almost entirely on the law of central force , and the outmost strata alone will be much modified ...
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... limit , where the action of two atoms on the ether belonging to each other is together equal to their mutual gravitation . From the velocity of light , we obtain 10 " for the ethe- - - real pressure in grains , at the distance 30 ON ...
... limit , where the action of two atoms on the ether belonging to each other is together equal to their mutual gravitation . From the velocity of light , we obtain 10 " for the ethe- - - real pressure in grains , at the distance 30 ON ...
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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...