The Correlation of Physical Forces

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Highley, 1850 - Počet stran: 119
 

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Strana 104 - ... our evidence of force is the matter it acts upon. Thus, matter and force are correlates, in the strictest sense of the word ; the conception of the existence of the one involves the conception of the existence of the other : the quantity of matter again, and the degree of force, involve conceptions of space and time.
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