Trans. 1813) ingeniously proposed to consider the primitive particles as spheres which, by mutual attraction, have assumed that arrangement which brings them as near as possible to each other. When a number of similar balls are pressed together in the... Elements of Physics - Page 73by Carl Friedrich Peschel, Karl Friedrich Peschel - 1854Full view - About this book
| Royal Society (Great Britain) - Mathematics - 1813 - 410 pages
...and tetrahedral forms, all difficulty is removed by supposing the elementary particles to be perfect spheres, which by mutual attraction have assumed that arrangement which brings them as near to each other as possible. The relative position of any number of equal balls in the same plane, when... | |
| Andrew Ure - Chemistry - 1821 - 436 pages
...all difficulty is removed, says Dr \\ (illusion, by supposing the elementary particles to be perfect spheres, which, by mutual attraction, have assumed that arrangement which brings them as near to each other as possible. The relative position of any number of equal balls in the same plane, when... | |
| Colin MacKenzie - 1821 - 724 pages
...(Philosoph. Transact. IHIS) He has proposed, that the primitive particles of bodies should lie considered as spheres, which, by mutual attraction, have assumed that arrangement which brings them at near as possible to each other. When a number of similar balls are pressed together in the same... | |
| Colin Mackenzie - Chemistry - 1822 - 774 pages
...(Philosoph. Transact. 1813.) He has proposed, that the primitive particles of bodies should be considered as spheres, which, by mutual attraction, have assumed...similar balls are pressed together in the same plane, thoy form equilateral triangles with each other; and if balls so placed were cemented together, and... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1824 - 884 pages
...stable to form the basis of a permanent crystal. To obviate this incongruity, Dr WollastonJ has very ingeniously proposed to consider the primitive particles...attraction, have assumed that arrangement which brings them ne near as possible to each other. When a number of similar balls are pressed together in the same... | |
| Robert Hare - Chemistry - 1828 - 418 pages
...basis of a permanent crystal. "To obviate this incongruity, Dr. Wollaston (Phil. Trans. 1813,) has very ingeniously proposed to consider the primitive particles...of similar balls are pressed together in the same plain, they form equilateral triangles, with each other; and if balls so placed were cemented together... | |
| William Thomas Brande - Chemistry - 1830 - 678 pages
...rhomboid, an octoedron is obtained. Thus, as the whole mass of fluor may be divided into tetrathlra and octoedra, it becomes a question which of these...brings them as near as possible to each other. When a numlttr of similar balls arc pressed together in the same plane, they form equilateral triangles CRYSTALLIZATION.... | |
| Benjamin Silliman - Chemistry - 1830 - 546 pages
...of a permanent crystal." " To obviate this incongruity, Dr. Wollaston (Phil. Trans. 1813,) has very ingeniously proposed to consider the primitive particles...of similar balls are pressed together, in the same plain, they form equilateral triangles, with each other ; and if balls so placed were cemented together,... | |
| Andrew Ure - Chemistry - 1831 - 980 pages
...alt difficulty is removed, says I >r Wollaston, by supposing the elementary particles to be perfect spheres, which, by mutual attraction, have assumed that arrangement which brings them as near to each other as possible. The relative position of any number of equal balls in the same plane, when... | |
| John M. Moffatt - Science - 1835 - 854 pages
...considered the primitive particles as spheres, which by mutual attraction, assume that arrangement whicl brings them as near as possible to each other. When a number ,. similar balls are pressed together in the same plane, they form an equilateral triangle ; and if,... | |
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