Atomic Theory

J. Thomson

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. This view gave such a clear-cut and tangible representa tion of chemical combination, that it was very largely, though not universally, adopted, and caused the conception of the atom to be familiar to every chemist.

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• Sciences et techniques
• Physics

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• Publié par: Forgotten Books
• Date de parution: 27 novembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780243836314
• Langue: English

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theory that matter in spite of its apparent c on is in reality made up of a great number of very sma l particles is as ol d as the science of Physics itsel f and was enunciated al most as soon as men began t o reason about physical phenomena I t woul d however be misleading to suppose that there is any very cl ose connexion betwee n modern At o ic Theory and the views of Lucretius The ol d theory was in intention and e fect metaphysical rather than physical theological rather than scientifiphysics twoc The thousand years ago was far too scanty and uncertain t o a ford any support or te st for such a theory indeed if I were calle d upon to prove t o you that Democritus was right when he hel d that m tter was discontinuous and Aristotle wrong when he said it was not I shoul d have to appe al to fact s not one of which known either to Democritus or Aristotle The great and able service which the reek at omists have rendered t o science is that they were thefio attempt on mechanicalrst t principles t o expl ain complicate d physic phenomena as the resul t of combinations of si pler ones they p ointe d out the go which science is st ll struggling t o reach For two thou and years the Atomic Theory itsel f made n o progress because though in form a physical theory it had no re al connexion phenomena no fact were kno n which it coul d be tested and it too vague t o suggest for itsel f e ffects which co l d be put t o the te st of expe riment It was steril e because it was divo ce d It affords a strifrom experience k i g