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... material monads , and the large part played by rotatory motion and centrifugal atomic force , in nearly all branches of physics , were then im- perfectly traced out in connexion with various kinds of phenomena , and became settled ...
... material monads , and the large part played by rotatory motion and centrifugal atomic force , in nearly all branches of physics , were then im- perfectly traced out in connexion with various kinds of phenomena , and became settled ...
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... 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- INTRODUCTION . 5.
... 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- INTRODUCTION . 5.
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... material atoms . Hence , even in solids and liquids , the number of ether atoms must exceed that of the material atoms . But CHAPTER I. 13.
... material atoms . Hence , even in solids and liquids , the number of ether atoms must exceed that of the material atoms . But CHAPTER I. 13.
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... material atoms . 11. The mean distance of the particles of free ether must be less , and is probably far less , than one ten millionth of an inch . The violet rays of light make 60,000 undulations in one inch . With the limit assumed ...
... material atoms . 11. The mean distance of the particles of free ether must be less , and is probably far less , than one ten millionth of an inch . The violet rays of light make 60,000 undulations in one inch . With the limit assumed ...
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... material bodies . Because the action of ether on matter and ether 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 ...
... material bodies . Because the action of ether on matter and ether 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 ...
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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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