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Page 9
... unit . Assume further that a small sphere of this radius , and of the density of the earth , has its particles symmetrically placed , and 10 " for the number in its radius , or its mean linear density . The attraction of this sphere on ...
... unit . Assume further that a small sphere of this radius , and of the density of the earth , has its particles symmetrically placed , and 10 " for the number in its radius , or its mean linear density . The attraction of this sphere on ...
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... units , to each other and to un- combined ether , will depend on the relation between the First and the Ether Constant . If the First be much less than the Ether Constant , or mean distance of the free ether monads , then each particle ...
... units , to each other and to un- combined ether , will depend on the relation between the First and the Ether Constant . If the First be much less than the Ether Constant , or mean distance of the free ether monads , then each particle ...
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... unit of distance . Taking an infinitesimal cylinder of unlimited length , ar3dx will be the differential of the mass , and ar3x dx that of the force acting on it from the centre . But the -m 1 pressure is produced by ar2 monads , each ...
... unit of distance . Taking an infinitesimal cylinder of unlimited length , ar3dx will be the differential of the mass , and ar3x dx that of the force acting on it from the centre . But the -m 1 pressure is produced by ar2 monads , each ...
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... unit , we may , in a first approximation , suppose the attraction of the central matter to be balanced by the repulsion of the one ether monad , which lies nearest it towards the centre , and that the other ether monads on the two sides ...
... unit , we may , in a first approximation , suppose the attraction of the central matter to be balanced by the repulsion of the one ether monad , which lies nearest it towards the centre , and that the other ether monads on the two sides ...
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... such series , with incommensurable units , are superposed , the gaps will be diminished , but some spaces will still remain . In passing , also , through a dense medium , each ray may probably have its breadth CHAPTER V. 75.
... such series , with incommensurable units , are superposed , the gaps will be diminished , but some spaces will still remain . In passing , also , through a dense medium , each ray may probably have its breadth CHAPTER V. 75.
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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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