 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 710 pages
...they may differ also in density and in size : and this must also alter the absolute force of affinity, even when the distances and the figure of the attracting...circumstances, indeed, may be considered as a difference in the mas* of the attracting bodies, and therefore may be detected by the weight of the aggregate ; but the... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 688 pages
...they may differ also in density and in size : and this must also alter the absolute force of affinity, even when the distances and the figure of the attracting...circumstances, indeed, may be considered as a difference in th« mass of the attracting bodies, and therefore may be detected by the weight of the aggregate ;... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 712 pages
...they may differ also in density and in size : and this must also alter the absolute force of affinity, even when the distances and the figure of the attracting...are the same. The first of these two circumstances, imlt-ed, may be considered as a difference in the mass of the attracting bodies, and therefore may... | |
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... attract the third particle more strongly than the tetrahedron ; that is, it will have a greater affinity for it than the tetrahedron. But if the particles of bodies differ from each other in figure, they may differ also in density and in size : and... 