...and in such proportion to space, as most conduced to the end for which He formed them; and that these primitive particles being solids, are incomparably...so very hard, as never to wear or break in pieces .... And, therefore, that nature may be lasting, the changes of corporeal things are to be placed only...

...impenetrable and inelastic— that is, that they were absolutely hard. To use his own words, " These primitive particles, being solids, are incomparably...pieces; no ordinary power being able to divide what God himself made one in the first creation." * But this supposition of the impenetrability and consequent...

...were impenetrable and inelastic, that is, that they were absolutely hard. To use his own words, "These primitive particles, being solids, are incomparably...pieces; no ordinary power being able to divide what God himself made one in the first creation." l But this supposition of the impenetrability and consequent...

...primitive particles, being solid, are incomparably harder than any porous body composed of them; even so hard as never to wear or break in pieces, no ordinary power being able to divide what God himself had made one in the first creation." It is not easy to see how this doctrine could lead to...

...in such proportion to space as most to conduce to the end for which He formed them; and that these primitive particles being solids are incomparably...pieces; no ordinary power being able to divide what God himself made one in the first creation. SIR ISAAC NEWTON, Optiks. THE SEARCH FOR PRIMAL MATTER SOME...

...them; and that these primitive particles, being solid, are incomparably harder than any porous body compounded of them; even so very hard as never to...pieces, no ordinary power being able to divide what God Himself made one in the beginning."* The indivisibility of these atoms was a pure assumption on the...

...and in such proportion to space as most conduced to the end for which He formed them ; and that these primitive particles being solids, are incomparably...pieces, no ordinary power being able to divide what God himself made one in the first creation. While the particles continue entire they may compose bodies...

...being solids, are intic constitution comparably harder than any porous bodies compounded of of matter. them, even so very hard, as never to wear or break...; no ordinary power being able to divide what God himself made one in the first creation. While the particles continue entire, they imy compose bodies...

...being solids, are intic constitution comparably harder than any porous bodies compounded of of matter. them, even so very hard, as never to wear or break in pieces ; no ordinary power l>eing able to divide what God himself made one in the first creation. While the particles continue...

...beginning formed matter in solid, ma^sy, bard, Impenetrable, movable particles, . . . and that these primitive particles, being solids, are Incomparably...pieces, no ordinary power being able to divide what God Himself made one in the first creation." And, finally, John Dalton, the greatest of the "Atomists"...