| George Henry Lewes - 1875 - Страниц: 500
...he himself would willingly accept as an electrical hypothesis. "It is, however, a mode of connection which is mechanically conceivable and easily investigated, and it serves to bring out the actual mechanical connections between the known electro-magnetic phenomena ; so that I venture to say that any one who... | |
| Richard Glazebrook - 1896 - Страниц: 234
...which I would willingly assent to as an electrical hypothesis. It is, however, a mode of connection which is mechanically conceivable and easily investigated, and it serves to bring out the actual mechanical connections between the known electro-magnetic phenomena, so that I venture to say that anyone who... | |
| 1861 - Страниц: 612
...Held to another, and the tangential pressures thus called into play constitute electromotive force. The conception of a particle having its motion connected...serves to bring out the actual mechanical connexions between the known electro-magnetic phenomena ; so that I venture to say that any one who understands... | |
| 1861 - Страниц: 1188
...field to another, and the tangential pressures thus called into play constitute electromotive force. The conception of a particle having its motion connected...serves to bring out the actual mechanical connexions between the known electro-magnetic phenomena ; so that I venture to say that any one who understands... | |
| Nancy Nersessian - 1984 - Страниц: 216
...introduction of the electrical particles into the analogy, he also meant for the whole of the analogy: / do not bring it forward as a mode of connexion existing...would willingly assent to as an electrical hypothesis [italics mine]. It is, however, a mode of connexion which is mechanically conceivable, and easily investigated,... | |
| Peter Achinstein - 1991 - Страниц: 346
...tractability, etc.), it may be worth considering. 17. Maxwell (Scientific Papers, vol. I, p. 487) writes: "The conception of a particle having its motion connected...mechanically conceivable, and easily investigated. ..." No doubt those who defend the idea that an hypothesis is worth considering only if it has some... | |
| Daniel M. Siegel - 2003 - Страниц: 244
...as "provisional," of "temporary character." Indeed, the "conception" was "awkward," and Maxwell did "not bring it forward as a mode of connexion existing in nature, or even as that which [he] would willingly assent to as an electrical hypothesis." (Part of Maxwell's distaste for the movable... | |
| A. Graham Cairns-Smith - 1996 - Страниц: 346
...development in physics since Newton2. Here is another quote from Maxwell to help us see what he was up to: The conception of a particle having its motion connected...somewhat awkward. I do not bring it forward as a mode of connection existing in nature, or even as that which I would willingly assent to as an electrical hypothesis.... | |
| Robert D. Purrington - 1997 - Страниц: 276
...phenomena. In a passage that provides deep insight into how he used such models, Maxwell admitted: The conception of a particle having its motion connected...mechanically conceivable, and easily investigated, and serves to bring out the actual mechanical connexions between the known electro-magnetic phenomena;... | |
| Thomas K. Simpson - 1997 - Страниц: 468
...called into play constitute electromotive force. The conception of a particle having its motion 750 connected with that of a vortex by perfect rolling...conceivable, and easily investigated, and it serves to 755 bring out the actual mechanical connexions between the known electro-magnetic phenomena; so that... | |
| |