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... Repulsion III . On the General Forms of Matter • PAGE 1 7 19 27 IV . On the Igneous Form of Matter and the Phenomena of Comets V. The Nature and Properties of Light 45 56 VI . On the Chemical Elements in General • 85 VII . On the Four ...
... Repulsion III . On the General Forms of Matter • PAGE 1 7 19 27 IV . On the Igneous Form of Matter and the Phenomena of Comets V. The Nature and Properties of Light 45 56 VI . On the Chemical Elements in General • 85 VII . On the Four ...
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... repulsion , the repulsion tending to infinity at one 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 ...
... repulsion , the repulsion tending to infinity at one 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 ...
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... repulsion , enclosing the true centre of force , and distinct from it . First of all , such an assumption is very complex and arbitrary , and thus violates the first and second Axioms of inductive inquiry . A central force , emanating ...
... repulsion , enclosing the true centre of force , and distinct from it . First of all , such an assumption is very complex and arbitrary , and thus violates the first and second Axioms of inductive inquiry . A central force , emanating ...
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... repulsion , therefore , must plainly be one of its fundamental laws . The denial of the existence of this ether , when con- firmed by so many discoveries of modern times , though M. Comte in his Lectures ventures to style it a mark of ...
... repulsion , therefore , must plainly be one of its fundamental laws . The denial of the existence of this ether , when con- firmed by so many discoveries of modern times , though M. Comte in his Lectures ventures to style it a mark of ...
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... repulsion would have the same relative amount at great as at small distances . There could thus be neither increase of co- hesion , nor of resistance to pressure , however closely particles were packed together . These two forces , then ...
... repulsion would have the same relative amount at great as at small distances . There could thus be neither increase of co- hesion , nor of resistance to pressure , however closely particles were packed together . These two forces , then ...
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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...