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... I must plead as my excuse , the conviction that they will ultimately take the rank I have assigned to them in the history of science . Florence , Nov. 1 , 1858 . - CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION Page 1 SECTION I. Attraction of b 2.
... I must plead as my excuse , the conviction that they will ultimately take the rank I have assigned to them in the history of science . Florence , Nov. 1 , 1858 . - CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION Page 1 SECTION I. Attraction of b 2.
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... Cleavage- Isomorphism Minuteness of the Particles – Height of Atmosphere — Chemical Affinity- Definite Proportions and Relative Weights of Atoms — Faraday's Discovery with regard to Affinity - Capillary Attraction · 102 SECTION XV .
... Cleavage- Isomorphism Minuteness of the Particles – Height of Atmosphere — Chemical Affinity- Definite Proportions and Relative Weights of Atoms — Faraday's Discovery with regard to Affinity - Capillary Attraction · 102 SECTION XV .
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Common or Static Electricity , or Electricity of Tension - A Dual Power Methods of exciting it Attraction and Repulsion — Conduction Electrics and Non - electrics - Induction - Dielectrics — Tension — Law of the Electric Force- ...
Common or Static Electricity , or Electricity of Tension - A Dual Power Methods of exciting it Attraction and Repulsion — Conduction Electrics and Non - electrics - Induction - Dielectrics — Tension — Law of the Electric Force- ...
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... is identical with that which retains the moon in her orbit ; and he concluded , that , as the moon is kept in her orbit by the attraction of the earth , so the planets might be retained in their orbits by the attraction of the sun .
... is identical with that which retains the moon in her orbit ; and he concluded , that , as the moon is kept in her orbit by the attraction of the earth , so the planets might be retained in their orbits by the attraction of the sun .
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SECTION I. Attraction of a Sphere Form of Celestial Bodies · Terrestrial Gravitation retains the Moon in her Orbit ... that a particle of matter ( N. 6 ) placed without the surface of a hollow sphere ( N. 7 ) is attracted by it in the ...
SECTION I. Attraction of a Sphere Form of Celestial Bodies · Terrestrial Gravitation retains the Moon in her Orbit ... that a particle of matter ( N. 6 ) placed without the surface of a hollow sphere ( N. 7 ) is attracted by it in the ...
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| Title | On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences |
| Author | Mary Somerville |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1858 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 18 Jan 2013 |
| Length | 523 pages |
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