Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Issue 291881 |
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... course , as having no separate existence . But there still exists a certain vagueness in the meaning of the term " life . " Two distinct senses of this word are in use ; the one metaphysical , the other physiological . The former ...
... course , as having no separate existence . But there still exists a certain vagueness in the meaning of the term " life . " Two distinct senses of this word are in use ; the one metaphysical , the other physiological . The former ...
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... course , as having no separate existence . But there still exists a certain vagueness in the meaning of the term " life . " Two distinct senses of this word are in use ; the one metaphysical , the other physiological . The former ...
... course , as having no separate existence . But there still exists a certain vagueness in the meaning of the term " life . " Two distinct senses of this word are in use ; the one metaphysical , the other physiological . The former ...
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... course the production of electricity by contact must result from a loss of energy elsewhere . In the opinion of Cumming , it is the loss of energy which is owing to the unsymmetrical swinging of the molecules on the two sides of the ...
... course the production of electricity by contact must result from a loss of energy elsewhere . In the opinion of Cumming , it is the loss of energy which is owing to the unsymmetrical swinging of the molecules on the two sides of the ...
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... course.54 The real velocity in both cases is the same , 0.5 metre per second . Hence the fact that the energy of nerve moves at the rate of only 28 metres per second is really no proof that it is not electricity.55 But even if it shall ...
... course.54 The real velocity in both cases is the same , 0.5 metre per second . Hence the fact that the energy of nerve moves at the rate of only 28 metres per second is really no proof that it is not electricity.55 But even if it shall ...
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... course is impossible ; and hence action at a distance , and with it attraction and potential energy , are disappearing from the language of science . But what conception . is it which is taking its place ? By what action does the sun ...
... course is impossible ; and hence action at a distance , and with it attraction and potential energy , are disappearing from the language of science . But what conception . is it which is taking its place ? By what action does the sun ...
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