On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Action of Sound and Light under the same circumstances , removed The Disper- sion of Light according to the Undulatory Theory - Arago's final proof that the Undulatory Theory is the Law of Nature - SECTION XXIV . The Calotype- - 199 ...
... Action of Sound and Light under the same circumstances , removed The Disper- sion of Light according to the Undulatory Theory - Arago's final proof that the Undulatory Theory is the Law of Nature - SECTION XXIV . The Calotype- - 199 ...
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... Action of Sound and Light under the same circumstances , removed - The Disper- sion of Light according to the Undulatory Theory - Arago's final proof that the Undulatory Theory is the Law of Nature SECTION XXIV . 199 Chemical or ...
... Action of Sound and Light under the same circumstances , removed - The Disper- sion of Light according to the Undulatory Theory - Arago's final proof that the Undulatory Theory is the Law of Nature SECTION XXIV . 199 Chemical or ...
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Mary Somerville. SECTION XXXI . Electro - Dynamics - Reciprocal Action of Electric Currents - Identity of Electro - Dynamic Cylinders and Magnets - Differences between the Action of Voltaic Electricity and Electricity of Tension Effects ...
Mary Somerville. SECTION XXXI . Electro - Dynamics - Reciprocal Action of Electric Currents - Identity of Electro - Dynamic Cylinders and Magnets - Differences between the Action of Voltaic Electricity and Electricity of Tension Effects ...
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... action and reaction of matter are equal and contrary ( N. 19 ) , the moon must attract the earth with an equal and contrary force . Newton also ascertained that a body projected ( N. 20 ) in space ( N. 21 ) will move in a conic section ...
... action and reaction of matter are equal and contrary ( N. 19 ) , the moon must attract the earth with an equal and contrary force . Newton also ascertained that a body projected ( N. 20 ) in space ( N. 21 ) will move in a conic section ...
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... action likewise between the earth and every particle at its surface . The earth and a feather mutually attract each other in the proportion of the mass of the earth to the mass of the feather . Were this not the case , and were any ...
... action likewise between the earth and every particle at its surface . The earth and a feather mutually attract each other in the proportion of the mass of the earth to the mass of the feather . Were this not the case , and were any ...
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