Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 561
... matter , there will be the fame , or at least a fi . milar , fuperiority of attraction acting on the fluid re ... matter , and is alfo repel- led by the fluid in A , it neceffarily fellows , that the whole body B is repelled by the fluid ...
... matter , there will be the fame , or at least a fi . milar , fuperiority of attraction acting on the fluid re ... matter , and is alfo repel- led by the fluid in A , it neceffarily fellows , that the whole body B is repelled by the fluid ...
Page 565
... matter repels every other atom . It will equally explain all the phenomena , if we fuppofe that every particle contains an atom or ingredient having this property , and that it is this atom alone which attracts the parti cles of ...
... matter repels every other atom . It will equally explain all the phenomena , if we fuppofe that every particle contains an atom or ingredient having this property , and that it is this atom alone which attracts the parti cles of ...
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... matter in a particular place ? He has more than one mean of information ; and each of thefe informs him of peculiar qualities of the thing which he calls matter . Many appearances fuggeft to his mind the prefence of a body . Show a ...
... matter in a particular place ? He has more than one mean of information ; and each of thefe informs him of peculiar qualities of the thing which he calls matter . Many appearances fuggeft to his mind the prefence of a body . Show a ...
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