On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page xi
... Matter- Interstices - Mossotti's Theory tices - - - - Gravitation of Particles - Rankin's Theory of Molecular Vor- Gases reduced to Liquids by Pressure - Cohesion - Crystallization - Cleavage- Isomorphism - Minuteness of the Particles ...
... Matter- Interstices - Mossotti's Theory tices - - - - Gravitation of Particles - Rankin's Theory of Molecular Vor- Gases reduced to Liquids by Pressure - Cohesion - Crystallization - Cleavage- Isomorphism - Minuteness of the Particles ...
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... Matter Primary Laws of Nature Definition of Gravity not according to that Law - Gravity only the Residual Fórce of a Universal Power - Magnetism of the Ethereal Medium - - - .. SECTION XXXV . - - - 335 Ethereal Medium - Comets - Do not ...
... Matter Primary Laws of Nature Definition of Gravity not according to that Law - Gravity only the Residual Fórce of a Universal Power - Magnetism of the Ethereal Medium - - - .. SECTION XXXV . - - - 335 Ethereal Medium - Comets - Do not ...
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... matter should reciprocally act upon matter . Physical astronomy is the science which compares and identifies the laws of motion observed on earth with the motions that take place in the heavens : and which traces , by an uninterrupted ...
... matter should reciprocally act upon matter . Physical astronomy is the science which compares and identifies the laws of motion observed on earth with the motions that take place in the heavens : and which traces , by an uninterrupted ...
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... Matter Motions of their Satellites same Impulse - - - - It has been proved by Newton , that a particle of matter ( N. 6 ) placed without the surface of a hollow sphere ( N. 7 ) is attracted by it in the same manner as if the mass of the ...
... Matter Motions of their Satellites same Impulse - - - - It has been proved by Newton , that a particle of matter ( N. 6 ) placed without the surface of a hollow sphere ( N. 7 ) is attracted by it in the same manner as if the mass of the ...
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... 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 ( N. 22 ) , if ...
... 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 ( N. 22 ) , if ...
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