...molecularly, or throughout its most intimate structure : supposing, however, that motion is not an invariable function of matter, but that matter can be at rest,...motion, as when a ball at rest is struck by a moving spring, or pressed by a spring which has previously been moved, but to motion caused by attractions...

...slow chemical or electrical actions, actions of light or invisible radiant forces, are always at play, so that as a fact we cannot predicate of any portion...motion, as when a ball at rest is struck by a moving spring, or pressed by a spring which has previously been moved, but to motion caused by attractions...

...slow chemical or electrical actions, actions of light or invisible radiant forces, are always at play, so that as a fact we cannot predicate of any portion...applies not merely to impulsive motion, as when a hall at rest is struck by a moving body, or pressed by a spring which has previously been moved, but...

...motion is not an indispensable function of matter, but that matter can be at rest, matter at MOTION. 27 rest would never of itself cease to be at rest ; it...caused by attractions such as magnetism or gravitation. Suppose a piece of iron at rest in contact with a magnet at rest ; if it be desired to move the iron...

...slow chemical or electrical actions, actions of light or invisible radiant forces, are always at play, so that as a fact we cannot predicate of any portion...caused by attractions such as magnetism or gravitation. Suppose a piece of iron at rest in contact with a magnet at rest; if it be desired to move the iron...

...matter that it is absolutely at rest. Supposing, however, that motion is not an indispensable Auction of matter, but that matter can be at rest, matter...caused by attractions such as magnetism or gravitation. Suppose a piece of iron at rest in contact with a magnet at rest ; if it be desired to iii' -vi.' the...

...slow chemical or electrical actions, actions of light or invisible radiant forces, are always at play, so that as a fact we cannot predicate of any portion...such motion by some other moving body, or body which lias moved. This proposition applies not merely to Impulsive motion, as when a ball at rest is struck...

...to any external matter, the system must be dynamically conservative." " Matter at rest would never cease to be at rest. It would not move, unless impelled...to such motion by some other moving body, or body that has moved." This is a statement directly opposed to the law of gravitation, and equally opposed...

...ascertain, is ever in movement, not merely in masses, as with the planetary spheres, but also molecularly or throughout its most intimate structure, . . . so...motion caused by attractions such as magnetism or gravitation."1 If by rest equilibrium is meant, this passage is true and trivial; otherwise, it is...

...ascertain, is ever in movement, not merely in masses, as with the planetary spheres, but also molecularly or throughout its most intimate structure, ... so...previously been moved, but to motion caused by attractions sucb as magnetism or gravitation." * If by rest equilibrium is meant, this passage is true and trivial;...