 | James Clerk Maxwell - 1881 - 508 pages
...is a continuous fluid interpermeating the spaces between molecular nuclei, or is itself moleuularly grouped ; or whether all matter is continuous, and...vain to speculate, in the present state of science/ A theory of molecular vortices, which I worked out at considerable length, was published in the Phil,... | |
 | Éleuthère Élie Nicolas Mascart, Jules François Joubert - 1883 - 696 pages
...phenomena of electromagnetic attraction or repulsion, and of electromagnetic induction, is to be Ipoked for simply in the inertia and pressure of the matter...vain to speculate, in the present state of science." — (Reprint of Papers, p. 419.) ELECTRICAL DOUBLE REFRACTION. — It is known that whenever a singly... | |
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1888 - 542 pages
...matter," says Sir William Thomson, "is or is not electricity ; whether it is a continuous fluid permeating the spaces between molecular nuclei, or is itself...body, — it is impossible to decide, and perhaps vain to speculate in the present state of science." But since it is established that all bodies are... | |
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1888 - 540 pages
...whether it is a continuous fluid permeating the spaces between molecular nuclei, or is itself molecnlarly grouped ; or whether all matter is continuous, and...body, — it is impossible to decide, and perhaps vain to speculate in the present state of science." But since it is established that all bodies are... | |
 | James Clerk Maxwell - 1892 - 556 pages
...impossible to conceive any other than this dynamical explanation of the fact that circularly-polarized light transmitted through magnetized glass parallel...vain to speculate, in the present state of science.' A theory of molecular vortices, which I worked out at considerable length, was published in the Phil.... | |
 | James Clerk Maxwell - 1892 - 552 pages
...molecular heterogeneousness consists in finite vortical or other relative motions of contiguous parte of a body; it is impossible to decide, and perhaps...vain to speculate, in the present state of science.' A theory of molecular vortices, which I worked out at considerable length, was published in the Phil.... | |
 | William Peddie - 1896 - 608 pages
...heat. Whether this matter is or is not electricity, whether it is a continuous fluid mterpermeating the spaces between molecular nuclei, or is itself...vain to speculate, in the present state of science.' The idea contained in these remarks has been developed by Maxwell into a complete theory of molecular... | |
 | William Thomson Baron Kelvin - 1904 - 734 pages
...resultant moment of momenta of these motions as the definite measure of the " magnetic moment." Tho explanation of all phenomena of electro-magnetic attraction...speculate, in the present state of science. I append tho solution of a dynamical problem for the sake of the illustrations it suggests for the two kinds... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1908 - 658 pages
...rotatory momentum (' the invariable plane ') of the thermal motions as the magnetic axis of a magnetised body, and suggests the resultant moment of momenta...suggests for the two kinds of effect on the plane of polarisation referred to above." After some dynamical gyrostatic effects of cognate character have... | |
 | Silvanus Phillips Thompson - 1910 - 766 pages
...moments of momenta into the mechanical treatment of Mr. Rankine's hypothesis of " molecular vortices " suggests the resultant moment of momenta of these...vain to speculate, in the present state of science. — 16. p. 152. Occasionally he allowed himself to step forward beyond the bounds of the accepted philosophy,... | |
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The explanation of all phenomena of electro-magnetic attraction or repulsion, and of electro-magnetic induction, is to be looked for simply in the inertia and pressure of the matter of which the motions constitute heat. Whether this matter is or is not... 
