 | 1857 - 666 pages
...in the latter case as in the former. Bat from whence can this enormous increase of the power come ? If we say that it is the character of this force,...permit us to perceive — namely, the conservation offeree. Suppose the two particles A and В removed back to the greater distance of 10, then the force... | |
 | 1857 - 1142 pages
...p. 1. t See Note, p. 232. condition so small and simple, as to fail in leading the least-instructed mind to think that it can be a sufficient cause: —...which our faculties permit us to perceive, namely the conserva~ lion offeree. Suppose the two particles A and B removed back to the greater distance of 10,... | |
 | 1857 - 664 pages
...leading the least instructed mind to think that it can be a sufficient cause : we should admit a remit which would equal the highest act our minds can appreciate...conservation of force. Suppose the two particles A and В removed back to the greater distance of 10, then the force of attraction would be only a hundredth... | |
 | 1857 - 796 pages
...as to fail in leading the least instructed mind to think that it can be a sufficient cause: — \\re should admit a result which would equal the highest...which our faculties permit us to perceive, namely the consercation of force. Suppose the two particles A and B removed back to the greater distance of 10,... | |
 | 1857 - 664 pages
...Transactions, 1851, p. 1. t See Note p. 294, col. t. 292 ON ТИК CONSERVATION 07 FORCE. Mu. 29, 1867. working of infinite power upon matter ; we should...conservation of force. Suppose the two particles A Mid В removed back to the greater distance of 10, then the force of attraction would he 'only a hundredth... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1857 - 644 pages
...Philosophical Transaction!, 1851, p. 1. t See Note p. 2!)4, col. 2. ON ТЕК CONSERVATION OP FORCE. working of infinite power upon matter; we should let...law in physical science which our faculties permit пя to perceive, namely, the conservation of force. Suppose the two particles A and В removed back... | |
 | William Laxton - 1857 - 500 pages
...inconsistent with that principle; and then he immediately afterwards assumes the principle in dispute to be " the highest law in physical science which our faculties permit us to perceive," and as ''a fundamental principle" by which the correctness of the recognised laws of all forces should... | |
 | 1858 - 448 pages
...much in the latter case as in the former. But from whence can this enormous increase of power come ? If we say that it is the character of this force,...faculties permit us to perceive, namely, the conservation offeree. Suppose the two particles, A and B, removed back to the greater distance of ten, then the... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1859 - 750 pages
...amount; yet by a change of condition, so small and simple as to fail in leading the least-instructed mind to think that it can be a sufficient cause, we...faculties permit us to perceive, namely, the conservation offeree. Suppose the two particles A and В removed back to the greater distance of 10, then the force... | |
 | Michael Faraday - 1859 - 522 pages
...that it can be a sufficient cause : — we should admit a result which would equal the highest acts our minds can appreciate of the working of infinite...particles A and B removed back to the greater distance of 10, then the force of attraction would be only a hundredth part of that they previously possessed... | |
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If we say that it is the character of this force, and content ourselves with that as a sufficient answer, then it appears to me, we admit a creation of power, and that to an enormous amount ; yet by a change of condition, so small and simple, as to fail... 
