On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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... Substances to Magnets of three Kinds - Thermo - Electricity - - SECTION XXXIV . - - ― 330 Magnetism a Dual Power- Antithetic Character of Paramagnetism and Diamagnetism The Earth Paramagnetic · Properties of Paramagnetic Bodies Polarity ...
... Substances to Magnets of three Kinds - Thermo - Electricity - - SECTION XXXIV . - - ― 330 Magnetism a Dual Power- Antithetic Character of Paramagnetism and Diamagnetism The Earth Paramagnetic · Properties of Paramagnetic Bodies Polarity ...
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... substances to fall at the surface of the earth . If the earth were a sphere , and at rest , a body would be equally attracted , that is , it would have the same weight at every point of its surface , because the surface of a sphere is ...
... substances to fall at the surface of the earth . If the earth were a sphere , and at rest , a body would be equally attracted , that is , it would have the same weight at every point of its surface , because the surface of a sphere is ...
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... substances consist of an assemblage of material particles , or molecules , which are far too small to be visible by any means human ingenuity has yet been able to devise , and which are much beyond the limits of our perceptions . They ...
... substances consist of an assemblage of material particles , or molecules , which are far too small to be visible by any means human ingenuity has yet been able to devise , and which are much beyond the limits of our perceptions . They ...
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... substances contain a portion of the ethereal medium with which the regions of space are filled . The various hypotheses that have been formed as to the nature and action of the forces which unite the particles of matter , have been ...
... substances contain a portion of the ethereal medium with which the regions of space are filled . The various hypotheses that have been formed as to the nature and action of the forces which unite the particles of matter , have been ...
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... substance is a measure of the cohesive force exerted by its particles . In stone , iron , steel , and all brittle and hard substances , the cohesion of the particles is powerful but of small extent ; in elastic bodies , on the con ...
... substance is a measure of the cohesive force exerted by its particles . In stone , iron , steel , and all brittle and hard substances , the cohesion of the particles is powerful but of small extent ; in elastic bodies , on the con ...
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