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... simple axioms , when applied to the great problem of physical science , still unsolved , is to sweep away all the specific fluids , which have been con- jecturally proposed , each for one limited class of pheno- mena ; the two ...
... simple axioms , when applied to the great problem of physical science , still unsolved , is to sweep away all the specific fluids , which have been con- jecturally proposed , each for one limited class of pheno- mena ; the two ...
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... simple law of self - repulsion . The further relations of the dual monads , which we may call material atoms or units , to each other and to un- combined ether , will depend on the relation between the First and the Ether Constant . If ...
... simple law of self - repulsion . The further relations of the dual monads , which we may call material atoms or units , to each other and to un- combined ether , will depend on the relation between the First and the Ether Constant . If ...
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... simple to assume even powers for the other laws of affinity and repulsion . Hence the Inverse Sixth is the simplest law of affinity , which satisfies the previous condition . In this case , if n > 8 , or the mean distance of the ...
... simple to assume even powers for the other laws of affinity and repulsion . Hence the Inverse Sixth is the simplest law of affinity , which satisfies the previous condition . In this case , if n > 8 , or the mean distance of the ...
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... simple atoms . But when their distance is small , or they are in rapid rotation , their mutual action will depend on their shape , the number of their components , and the speed of their rotation , and polar relations must appear . Each ...
... simple atoms . But when their distance is small , or they are in rapid rotation , their mutual action will depend on their shape , the number of their components , and the speed of their rotation , and polar relations must appear . Each ...
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... simple atoms , the centre has no moment of rotation , the attached ether can have only a slight polarity , and the axis of revolution will vary with ease . But in com- pound atoms , the material monads revolve round the axis , and will ...
... simple atoms , the centre has no moment of rotation , the attached ether can have only a slight polarity , and the axis of revolution will vary with ease . But in com- pound atoms , the material monads revolve round the axis , and will ...
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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...