...is supposed to be the medium in which these vibrations take place. You are aware of the speculation2 which I some time since uttered respecting that view...of the forces and capable of existing without them. In the latter view, these little particles have a definite form and a certain limited size; in the...

...the ether which, in another view, is supposed to be the medium in which these vibrations take place. You are aware of the speculation* which I some time...of the forces and capable of existing without them. In the latter view, these little particles have a definite form and a certain limited size ; in the...

...this subject were never very clear to other people. He recognised " lines of force," and spoke of " atoms" as centres of force, and not as so many little bodies surrounded by forces. The force was the atom extending indefinitely in all directions. According to these conceptions, "water...

...adage ' Matter cannot exist where it is not.' " " You are aware," says Faraday in another letter, " of the speculation which I some time since uttered...of the forces and capable of existing without them. In the latter view these little particles have a definite form and a certain limited size ; in the...

...speculation touching electric conduction and the nature of matter. Elsewhere he calls this " a speculation respecting that view of the nature of matter which...the forces, and capable of existing without them. In the latter view these little particles have a definite form and a certain limited size. In the former...

...speculation touching electric conduction and the nature of matter. Elsewhere he calls this ' a speculation respecting that view of the nature of matter which...the forces, and capable of existing without them. In the latter view these little particles have a definite form and a certain limited size. In the former...

...speculation touching electric conduction and the nature of matter. Elsewhere he calls this ' a speculation respecting that view of the nature of matter which...ultimate atoms as centres of force, and not as so 1844. many little bodies surrounded by forces, the bodies jE^SIJis. being considered in the abstract...

...reasoning. In 1844, Dr. Bence Jones informs us Faraday (then in his 53rd year) indulged in " A speculation respecting that view of the nature of matter which...as so many little bodies surrounded by forces The particle, indeed, is supposed to exist only by these forces, and where they are it is. " This speculation...

...reasoning. In 1844, Dr. Bence Jones informs us Faraday (then in his 53rd year) indulged in " A speculation respecting that view of the nature of matter which...centres of force, and not as so many little bodies yurrouiuled by forcet The particle, indeed, is supposed to exist only by these forces, and where they...

...reasoning. In 1844, Dr. Bence Jones informs us Faraday (then in his 53rd year) indulged in " A speculation respecting that view of the nature of matter which...as so many little bodies surrounded by forces The particle, indeed, is supposed to exist only by these forces, and where they are it is." This speculation...