...notion of repulsion is not altogether new. Sir Humphrey Davy, before any ot us were born, defined heat as " a peculiar motion, probably a vibration of the corpuscles of bodies tending it> separate them," and he called heat a " repulsive motion. "f These theories of the ultimate constitution...

...corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of our peculiar sensations of heat and cold, may be defined a peculiar motion, probably a vibration, of the corpuscles...may with propriety be called the repulsive motion." " Bodies exist in different states, and these states depend on the differences of the action of attraction,...

...corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of our peculiar sensations of heat and cold, may be defined a peculiar motion, probably a vibration, of the corpuscles...them. It may with propriety be called the repulsive mo tion." " Bodies exist in different states, and these states depend on the differences of the action...

...corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of our peculiar sensations of heat and cold, may be defined a peculiar motion, probably a vibration of the corpuscles...may, with propriety, be called the repulsive motion." It is singular that, in spite of such authorities, and the reasons adduced by them, the idea of a subtle,...

...the corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of our peculiar sensations of heat and cold, may be defined as a peculiar motion, probably a vibration,...power (which may, for greater ease of expression, Ite called attraction) and the repulsive motion. The first of these is the compound effect of the attraction...

...corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of our peculiar sensations of heat and cold, may be defined a peculiar motion, probably a vibration, of the corpuscles...may with propriety be called the repulsive motion.' 10. Let us here remark, incidentally, what an immense simplification is at once introduced into our...

...cause of our peculiar sensations of heat and cold, may be denned as a peculiar motion, probably as a vibration of the corpuscles of bodies tending to...may, with propriety, be called the repulsive motion." " I am obliged," says Mr. Grove, " in order to be intelligible, to talk of heat as an entity, and of...

...corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of our peculiar sensations of heat and cold, may be defined a peculiar motion, probably a vibration of the corpuscles-...attraction, and the repulsive motion. The first of these i* the compound effect of the attraction of cohesion, by which the particles tend to come in contact...

...of the corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of our own sensations of heat and cold, may be defined as a peculiar motion, probably a vibration...may with propriety be called the repulsive motion. Bodies exist in different states, and these states depend upon the action of attraction and of the...

...of the corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of our own sensations of heat and cold, may be defined as a peculiar motion, probably a vibration...the corpuscles of bodies tending to separate them." 142. By the word corpuscles Davy names the minute particles, now called molecules, the smallest parts...