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... results of such a constitution of the two primary elements . One difficulty , however , hindered me from ripening the theory into a definite and tangible form , and made me unwilling , in spite of the many interesting lines of ...
... results of such a constitution of the two primary elements . One difficulty , however , hindered me from ripening the theory into a definite and tangible form , and made me unwilling , in spite of the many interesting lines of ...
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... result of chemical composition . It seemed needful to allow a wide interval between the chemical atom , the first result of composition , and the molecule , on which co- hesion and solid structure depend . In a later review of the ...
... result of chemical composition . It seemed needful to allow a wide interval between the chemical atom , the first result of composition , and the molecule , on which co- hesion and solid structure depend . In a later review of the ...
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... results contradictory to each other . Several attempts have been made to propound some view of the constitution of matter , which may account for the various forms of molecular action . The theory of Boscovich was one of the earliest ...
... results contradictory to each other . Several attempts have been made to propound some view of the constitution of matter , which may account for the various forms of molecular action . The theory of Boscovich was one of the earliest ...
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... results of direct experiment . AXIOM V. The simplest hypothesis is that which includes the smallest number of arbitrary postulates , such as distinct laws of force , constants of force , and constants of distance . The first result of ...
... results of direct experiment . AXIOM V. The simplest hypothesis is that which includes the smallest number of arbitrary postulates , such as distinct laws of force , constants of force , and constants of distance . The first result of ...
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... results . But rich and fertile as its consequences , in one direction , have proved to be , those which flow from it in another have never been traced with sufficient clearness . When examined narrowly , it points to conclusions of ...
... results . But rich and fertile as its consequences , in one direction , have proved to be , those which flow from it in another have never been traced with sufficient clearness . When examined narrowly , it points to conclusions 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...