...of the propositions now enunciated as require proof are to be found in a continuation of that paper. 18th and 19th centuries: — Is action at a distance...through one or more such apertures. It is readily proved [from § 63 Exam. (2)]* that the velocity of the fluid at any point in the neighbourhood agrees...

...of the propositions now enunciated as require proof are to be found in a continuation of that paper. 18th and 19th centuries: — Is action at a distance...through one or more such apertures. It is readily proved [from § 63 Exam. (2)] * that the velocity of the fluid at any point in the neighbourhood agrees...

...of the propositions now enunciated as require proof are to be found in a continuation of that paper. 18th and 19th centuries : — Is action at a distance...through one or more such apertures. It is readily proved [from § 63 Exam. (2)]* that the velocity of the fluid at any point in the neighbourhood agrees...

...through the mediation of a moving liquid, though they are but theorems of abstract hydrokinetics, arc of some interest in physics as illustrating the great...piece of straight tube open at each end. Let there he irrotational circulation of the fluid through one or more such apertures. It is readily proved [from...

...illustrating the great question of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries — Is action at a distance u reality, or is gravitation to be explained, as we...electric forces must be, by action of intervening matter '\ In 1869 and 1873, Prof. Challis of Cambridge, England, published two works on the Principles of...

...that some kind of molecular motion is essentially concerned. The theorems which I now propose . . . are of some interest in physics as illustrating the...forces must be, by action of intervening matter?" Only gravity left some doubt. A vision so universal naturally required new heroes of the eighteenth...

...propose . . . are of some interest in physics as illustrating the great question of the 1 8th and 1 9th centuries: Is action at a distance a reality, or is...electric forces must be, by action of intervening matter?67 Only gravity left some doubt. A vision so universal naturally required new heroes of the...

...wanted to develop a version of what is now sometimes called a "theory of everything." In 1870 he wrote: "Is action at a distance a reality, or is gravitation...electric forces must be, by action of intervening matter?"12 His implied answer was clear: only the latter was acceptable. The details of such a program...

...of the propositions now enunciated as require proof are to be found in a continuation of that paper. 18th and 19th centuries : — Is action at a distance...through one or more such apertures. It is readily proved [from § 63 Exam. (2)]* that the velocity of the fluid at any point in the neighbourhood agrees...

...death in 1907 of Lord Kelvin, who to the end never relaxed his efforts to solve the great question, Is action at a distance a reality, or is gravitation to be explained, as it was now believed magnetic and electric forces could be, by the action of intervening matter? At...