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... Electricity from the Rotation of a Magnet — M. Arago's Experiment explained Rotation of a Plate of Iron between the Poles of a Magnet — Relation of Substances to Magnets of three Kinds — Thermo - Electricity 330 = - SECTION XXXIV .
... Electricity from the Rotation of a Magnet — M. Arago's Experiment explained Rotation of a Plate of Iron between the Poles of a Magnet — Relation of Substances to Magnets of three Kinds — Thermo - Electricity 330 = - SECTION XXXIV .
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... which retains the moon in her orbit is the same with that which causes heavy 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 ...
... which retains the moon in her orbit is the same with that which causes heavy 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 ...
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All 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 .
All 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 .
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... particles of matter should act upon one another without some means of communication , it is presumed that the interstices of material substances contain a portion of the ethereal medium with which the regions of space are filled .
... particles of matter should act upon one another without some means of communication , it is presumed that the interstices of material substances contain a portion of the ethereal medium with which the regions of space are filled .
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Substances are said to be more or less elastic , according to the facility with which they regain their bulk or volume when ... and the effort required to break a substance is a measure of the cohesive force exerted by its particles .
Substances are said to be more or less elastic , according to the facility with which they regain their bulk or volume when ... and the effort required to break a substance is a measure of the cohesive force exerted by its particles .
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