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... solids , and also make mechanical structure a direct and im- mediate result of chemical composition . It seemed ... solid structure depend . In a later review of the subject , by combining the known data , and adopting an inductive ...
... solids , and also make mechanical structure a direct and im- mediate result of chemical composition . It seemed ... solid structure depend . In a later review of the subject , by combining the known data , and adopting an inductive ...
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... solid nucleus , an arbitrary shape of the atom , a surface of abrupt and infinite repulsion , a structure unalterably rigid , and also an arbitrary relation of the centre of force to the supposed solid nucleus . None of these things can ...
... solid nucleus , an arbitrary shape of the atom , a surface of abrupt and infinite repulsion , a structure unalterably rigid , and also an arbitrary relation of the centre of force to the supposed solid nucleus . None of these things can ...
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... solid structure of bodies . Let us assume one thousand millionth of the earth's radius ( = in . or 63 millimetres nearly ) for a linear unit . Assume further that a small sphere of this radius , and of the density of the earth , has its ...
... solid structure of bodies . Let us assume one thousand millionth of the earth's radius ( = in . or 63 millimetres nearly ) for a linear unit . Assume further that a small sphere of this radius , and of the density of the earth , has its ...
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... solid structure . We must therefore look elsewhere for the explanation of cohesive force and solidity . Two alternatives are possible . Either the law of gravi- tation must be modified for small distances ; or there must be some other ...
... solid structure . We must therefore look elsewhere for the explanation of cohesive force and solidity . Two alternatives are possible . Either the law of gravi- tation must be modified for small distances ; or there must be some other ...
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... force of cohesion , by the hypothesis , must depend on the presence of ether along with the material atoms . Hence , even in solids and liquids , the number of ether atoms must exceed that of the material atoms . But CHAPTER I. 13.
... force of cohesion , by the hypothesis , must depend on the presence of ether along with the 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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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...