The Machinery of the Universe: Mechanical Conceptions of Physical Phenomena. A. E. Dolbear

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       A. E. Dolbear

      The Machinery of the Universe: Mechanical Conceptions of Physical Phenomena

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664653451

      Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       CHAPTER I

       CHAPTER II

       PROPERTIES OF MATTER AND ETHER

       1. MATTER IS DISCONTINUOUS.

       THE ETHER IS CONTINUOUS.

       2. MATTER IS LIMITED.

       THE ETHER IS UNLIMITED.

       3. MATTER IS HETEROGENEOUS.

       THE ETHER IS HOMOGENEOUS.

       4. MATTER IS ATOMIC.

       THE ETHER IS NON-ATOMIC.

       5. MATTER HAS DEFINITE STRUCTURE.

       THE ETHER IS STRUCTURELESS.

       6. MATTER IS GRAVITATIVE.

       THE ETHER IS GRAVITATIONLESS.

       7. MATTER IS FRICTIONABLE.

       THE ETHER IS FRICTIONLESS.

       8. MATTER IS ÆOLOTROPIC.

       THE ETHER IS ISOTROPIC.

       9. MATTER IS CHEMICALLY SELECTIVE.

       10. THE ELEMENTS OF MATTER ARE HARMONICALLY RELATED.

       11. MATTER EMBODIES ENERGY.

       THE ETHER IS ENDOWED WITH ENERGY.

       12. MATTER IS AN ENERGY TRANSFORMER.

       THE ETHER IS A NON-TRANSFORMER.

       13. MATTER IS ELASTIC.

       THE ETHER IS ELASTIC.

       14. MATTER HAS DENSITY.

       THE ETHER HAS DENSITY.

       15. MATTER IS HEATABLE.

       THE ETHER IS UNHEATABLE.

       16. MATTER IS INDESTRUCTIBLE.

       17. MATTER HAS INERTIA.

       THE ETHER IS CONDITIONALLY POSSESSED OF INERTIA.

       18. MATTER IS MAGNETIC.

       THE ETHER IS NON-MAGNETIC.

       19. MATTER EXISTS IN SEVERAL STATES.

       THE ETHER HAS NO CORRESPONDING STATES.

       20. SOLID MATTER CAN EXPERIENCE A SHEARING STRESS, LIQUIDS AND GASES CANNOT.

       THE ETHER CAN MAINTAIN A SHEARING STRESS.

       21. OTHER PROPERTIES OF MATTER.

       22. SENSATION DEPENDS UPON MATTER.

       THE ETHER IS INSENSIBLE TO NERVES.

       CONTRASTED PROPERTIES OF MATTER AND THE ETHER.

       CHAPTER III

       THE END