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1. On the Connection between Cohesion, Elasticity, Dilatation, and Temperature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

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At various times there have arisen supporters of one or other of two extreme hypothesis concerning the nature of what we define as force. These are the hypothesis of “action at a distance” and of “no action at a distance.”

According to the latter hypothesis, the centre of gravity of no body, however large or however small, can be moved from a position of rest, nor can its motion be altered in direction or amount, except by direct collision with another portion of matter.

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Proceedings 1875-76
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1878

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