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adv0001 SECTION THREE OF THE ADVANCE OF SCIENCE IN THE LAST HALF CENTURY
adv0002 BY T H HUXLEY EIGHTEEN EIGHTY NINE
adv0003 I HAVE POINTED OUT THAT THE GROWTH OF CLEAR AND DEFINITE VIEWS RESPECTING THE CONSTITUTION OF MATTER
adv0004 HAS LED TO THE CONCLUSION THAT
adv0005 SO FAR AS NATURAL AGENCIES ARE CONCERNED
adv0006 IT IS INGENERABLE AND INDESTRUCTIBLE
adv0007 IN SO FAR AS MATTER MAY BE CONCEIVED TO EXIST IN A PURELY PASSIVE STATE IT IS IMAGINABLY
adv0008 OLDER THAN MOTION
adv0009 BUT AS IT MUST BE ASSUMED TO BE SUSCEPTIBLE OF MOTION A PARTICLE OF BARE MATTER AT REST MUST BE ENDOWED WITH THE POTENTIALITY OF MOTION
adv0010 SUCH A PARTICLE HOWEVER BY THE SUPPOSITION CAN HAVE NO ENERGY
adv0011 FOR THERE IS NO CAUSE WHY IT SHOULD MOVE
adv0012 SUPPOSE NOW THAT IT RECEIVES AN IMPULSE
adv0013 IT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE WITH A VELOCITY INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL TO ITS MASS
adv0014 ON THE ONE HAND AND
adv0015 DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO THE STRENGTH OF THE IMPULSE ON THE OTHER
adv0016 AND WILL POSSESS KINETIC ENERGY
adv0017 IN VIRTUE OF WHICH IT WILL NOT ONLY CONTINUE TO MOVE FOR EVER IF UNIMPEDED
adv0018 BUT IF IT IMPINGES ON ANOTHER SUCH PARTICLE
adv0019 IT WILL IMPART MORE OR LESS OF ITS MOTION TO THE LATTER
adv0020 LET IT BE CONCEIVED THAT THE PARTICLE ACQUIRES A TENDENCY TO MOVE AND THAT NEVERTHELESS IT DOES NOT MOVE
adv0021 IT IS THEN IN A CONDITION TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THAT IN WHICH IT WAS AT FIRST
adv0022 A CAUSE COMPETENT TO PRODUCE MOTION IS OPERATING UPON IT
adv0023 BUT FOR SOME REASON OR OTHER
adv0024 IS UNABLE TO GIVE RISE TO MOTION
adv0025 IF THE OBSTACLE IS REMOVED THE ENERGY WHICH WAS THERE
adv0026 BUT COULD NOT MANIFEST ITSELF AT ONCE GIVES RISE TO MOTION
adv0027 WHILE THE RESTRAINT LASTS THE ENERGY OF THE PARTICLE IS MERELY POTENTIAL
adv0028 AND THE CASE SUPPOSED ILLUSTRATES WHAT IS MEANT BY POTENTIAL ENERGY
adv0029 IN THIS CONTRAST OF THE POTENTIAL WITH THE ACTUAL MODERN PHYSICS IS TURNING TO ACCOUNT
adv0030 THE MOST FAMILIAR OF ARISTOTELIAN DISTINCTIONS
adv0031 THAT BETWEEN DUNAMIS AND ENERGEIA
adv0032 THAT KINETIC ENERGY APPEARS TO BE IMPARTED BY IMPACT IS A FACT OF DAILY AND HOURLY EXPERIENCE
adv0033 WE SEE BODIES SET IN MOTION BY BODIES ALREADY IN MOTION
adv0034 WHICH SEEM TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THEM
adv0035 IT IS A TRUTH WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN LEARNED BY NOTHING BUT EXPERIENCE
adv0036 AND WHICH CANNOT BE EXPLAINED
adv0037 BUT MUST BE TAKEN AS AN ULTIMATE FACT
adv0038 ABOUT WHICH EXPLICABLE OR INEXPLICABLE THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT
adv0039 STRICTLY SPEAKING WE HAVE NO DIRECT APPREHENSION OF ANY OTHER CAUSE OF MOTION
adv0040 BUT EXPERIENCE FURNISHES INNUMERABLE EXAMPLES OF THE PRODUCTION OF KINETIC ENERGY IN A BODY PREVIOUSLY AT REST
adv0041 WHEN NO IMPACT IS DISCERNIBLE AS THE CAUSE OF THAT ENERGY
adv0042 IN ALL SUCH CASES THE PRESENCE OF A SECOND BODY IS A NECESSARY CONDITION
adv0043 AND THE AMOUNT OF KINETIC ENERGY
adv0044 WHICH ITS PRESENCE ENABLES THE FIRST TO GAIN
adv0045 IS STRICTLY DEPENDENT ON THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE
adv0046 TWO HENCE THE PHRASE ENERGY OF POSITION WHICH
adv0047 IS FREQUENTLY USED AS EQUIVALENT TO POTENTIAL ENERGY
adv0048 IF A STONE IS PICKED UP AND HELD SAY SIX FEET ABOVE THE GROUND
adv0049 IT HAS POTENTIAL ENERGY BECAUSE IF LET GO IT
adv0050 WILL IMMEDIATELY BEGIN TO MOVE TOWARDS THE EARTH
adv0051 AND THIS ENERGY MAY BE SAID TO BE ENERGY OF POSITION
adv0052 BECAUSE IT DEPENDS UPON THE RELATIVE POSITION OF THE EARTH AND THE
adv0053 STONE THE STONE IS SOLICITED TO MOVE BUT CANNOT
adv0054 SO LONG AS THE MUSCULAR STRENGTH OF THE HOLDER PREVENTS THE SOLICITATION FROM TAKING EFFECT
adv0055 THE STONE THEREFORE HAS POTENTIAL ENERGY
adv0056 WHICH BECOMES KINETIC IF IT IS LET GO
adv0057 AND THE AMOUNT OF THAT KINETIC ENERGY WHICH WILL BE DEVELOPED BEFORE IT STRIKES THE EARTH
adv0058 DEPENDS ON ITS POSITION ON
adv0059 THE FACT THAT IT IS SAY SIX FEET OFF THE EARTH
adv0060 NEITHER MORE NOR LESS
adv0061 MOREOVER IT CAN BE PROVED THAT THE RAISER OF THE STONE HAD TO EXERT AS MUCH ENERGY IN ORDER TO PLACE IT IN ITS POSITION
adv0062 AS IT WILL DEVELOP IN FALLING
adv0063 HENCE THE ENERGY WHICH WAS EXERTED AND APPARENTLY EXHAUSTED IN RAISING THE STONE
adv0064 IS POTENTIALLY IN THE STONE IN ITS RAISED POSITION
adv0065 AND WILL MANIFEST ITSELF WHEN THE STONE IS SET FREE
adv0066 THUS THE ENERGY WITHDRAWN FROM THE GENERAL STOCK TO RAISE THE STONE
adv0067 IS RETURNED WHEN IT FALLS
adv0068 AND THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT
adv0069 ENERGY AS A WHOLE IS CONSERVED
adv0070a TAKING THIS AS A VERY BROAD AND GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE ESSENTIAL FACTS OF THE CASE
adv0070b THE RAISING OF THE STONE IS INTELLIGIBLE ENOUGH AS A CASE OF THE COMMUNICATION OF MOTION FROM ONE BODY TO ANOTHER
adv0071 BUT THE POTENTIAL ENERGY OF THE RAISED STONE IS NOT SO EASILY INTELLIGIBLE
adv0072 TO ALL APPEARANCE THERE IS NOTHING EITHER PUSHING OR PULLING IT TOWARDS THE EARTH OR THE EARTH TOWARDS IT
adv0073 AND YET IT IS QUITE CERTAIN THAT THE STONE TENDS TO MOVE TOWARDS THE EARTH
adv0074 AND THE EARTH TOWARDS THE STONE
adv0075 IN THE WAY DEFINED BY THE LAW OF GRAVITATION IN THE
adv0076 CURRENTLY ACCEPTED LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE THE CAUSE OF MOTION IN ALL SUCH CASES AS THIS
adv0077 WHEN BODIES TEND TO MOVE TOWARDS OR AWAY FROM ONE OR ANOTHER
adv0078 WITHOUT ANY DISCERNIBLE IMPACT OF OTHER BODIES
adv0079 IS TERMED A FORCE
adv0080 WHICH IS CALLED ATTRACTIVE IN THE ONE CASE AND REPULSIVE IN THE OTHER
adv0081 AND SUCH ATTRACTIVE OR REPULSIVE FORCES ARE OFTEN SPOKEN OF
adv0082 AS IF THEY WERE REAL THINGS
adv0083 CAPABLE OF EXERTING A PULL OR A PUSH UPON THE PARTICLES OF MATTER CONCERNED
adv0084 THUS THE POTENTIAL ENERGY OF THE STONE
adv0085 IS COMMONLY SAID TO BE DUE TO THE FORCE OF GRAVITY
adv0086 WHICH IS CONTINUALLY OPERATING UPON IT
adv0087 ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION MAY MAKE THE CASE PLAINER
adv0088 THE BOB OF A PENDULUM SWINGS FIRST TO ONE SIDE AND THEN TO THE OTHER OF THE CENTRE OF THE ARC
adv0089 WHICH IT DESCRIBES
adv0090 SUPPOSE IT TO HAVE JUST REACHED THE SUMMIT OF ITS RIGHT HAND HALF SWING
adv0091 IT IS SAID THAT THE ATTRACTIVE FORCES OF THE BOB FOR THE EARTH AND OF THE EARTH FOR THE BOB
adv0092 SET THE FORMER IN MOTION
adv0093 AND AS THESE FORCES ARE CONTINUALLY IN OPERATION
adv0094 THEY CONFER AN ACCELERATED VELOCITY ON THE BOB UNTIL
adv0095 WHEN IT REACHES THE CENTRE OF ITS SWING
adv0096 IT IS SO TO SPEAK FULLY CHARGED WITH KINETIC ENERGY
adv0097 IF AT THIS MOMENT THE WHOLE MATERIAL UNIVERSE EXCEPT THE BOB WERE ABOLISHED
adv0098 IT WOULD MOVE FOR EVER IN THE DIRECTION OF A TANGENT
adv0099 TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ARC DESCRIBED
adv0100 AS A MATTER OF FACT IT IS COMPELLED TO TRAVEL THROUGH ITS LEFT HAND HALF SWING
adv0101 AND THUS VIRTUALLY TO GO UP HILL
adv0102 CONSEQUENTLY THE ATTRACTIVE FORCES OF THE BOB AND THE EARTH ARE NOW ACTING AGAINST IT AND CONSTITUTE A RESISTANCE WHICH THE CHARGE OF KINETIC ENERGY HAS TO OVERCOME
adv0103 BUT AS THIS CHARGE REPRESENTS THE OPERATION OF THE ATTRACTIVE FORCES DURING THE PASSAGE OF THE BOB
adv0104 THROUGH THE RIGHT HAND HALF SWING
adv0105 DOWN TO THE CENTRE OF THE ARC
adv0106 SO IT MUST NEEDS BE USED UP BY THE PASSAGE OF THE BOB
adv0107 UPWARDS FROM THE CENTRE OF THE ARC TO THE SUMMIT OF THE LEFT HAND HALF SWING
adv0108 HENCE AT THIS POINT THE BOB COMES TO A MOMENTARY REST
adv0109 THE LAST FRACTION OF KINETIC ENERGY IS JUST NEUTRALISED BY THE ACTION OF THE ATTRACTIVE FORCES
adv0110 AND THE BOB HAS ONLY POTENTIAL ENERGY
adv0111 EQUAL TO THAT WITH WHICH IT STARTED
adv0112 SO THAT THE SUM OF THE PHENOMENA MAY BE STATED THUS
adv0113 AT THE SUMMIT OF EITHER HALF ARC OF ITS SWING
adv0114 THE BOB HAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL ENERGY
adv0115 AS IT DESCENDS IT GRADUALLY EXCHANGES THIS
adv0116 FOR KINETIC ENERGY
adv0117 UNTIL AT THE CENTRE IT POSSESSES AN EQUIVALENT AMOUNT OF KINETIC ENERGY
adv0118 FROM THIS POINT ONWARDS IT GRADUALLY LOSES KINETIC ENERGY AS IT ASCENDS UNTIL
adv0119 AT THE SUMMIT OF THE OTHER HALF ARC
adv0120 IT HAS ACQUIRED AN EXACTLY SIMILAR AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL ENERGY
adv0121 THUS ON THE WHOLE TRANSACTION NOTHING IS EITHER LOST OR GAINED
adv0122 THE QUANTITY OF ENERGY IS ALWAYS THE SAME BUT IT PASSES FROM ONE FORM INTO THE OTHER
adv0123 TO ALL APPEARANCE THE PHENOMENA EXHIBITED BY THE PENDULUM
adv0124 ARE NOT TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY IMPACT IN FACT IT IS USUALLY ASSUMED THAT CORRESPONDING PHENOMENA
adv0125 WOULD TAKE PLACE IF THE EARTH AND THE PENDULUM WERE SITUATED IN AN ABSOLUTE VACUUM
adv0126 AND AT ANY CONCEIVABLE DISTANCE FROM ONE ANOTHER
adv0127 IF THIS BE SO
adv0128 IT FOLLOWS THAT THERE MUST BE TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT KINDS OF CAUSES OF MOTION
adv0129 THE ONE IMPACT
adv0130 A VERA CAUSA OF WHICH TO ALL APPEARANCE WE HAVE CONSTANT EXPERIENCE
adv0131 THE OTHER ATTRACTIVE OR REPULSIVE FORCE
adv0132 A METAPHYSICAL ENTITY WHICH IS PHYSICALLY INCONCEIVABLE
adv0133 NEWTON EXPRESSLY REPUDIATED THE NOTION OF THE EXISTENCE OF ATTRACTIVE FORCES
adv0134 IN THE SENSE IN WHICH THAT TERM IS ORDINARILY UNDERSTOOD
adv0135 AND HE REFUSED TO PUT FORWARD ANY HYPOTHESIS AS TO THE PHYSICAL CAUSE
adv0136 OF THE SO CALLED ATTRACTION OF GRAVITATION
adv0137 AS A GENERAL RULE HIS SUCCESSORS HAVE BEEN CONTENT
adv0138 TO ACCEPT THE DOCTRINE OF ATTRACTIVE AND REPULSIVE FORCES WITHOUT TROUBLING THEMSELVES ABOUT THE PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFICULTIES WHICH IT INVOLVES
adv0139 BUT THIS HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE
adv0140 AND THE ATTEMPT OF LE SAGE IN THE LAST CENTURY
adv0141 TO SHOW THAT THE PHENOMENA OF ATTRACTION AND REPULSION ARE SUSCEPTIBLE OF EXPLANATION BY HIS HYPOTHESIS OF BOMBARDMENT BY
adv0142 ULTRA MUNDANE PARTICLES WHETHER TENABLE OR NOT
adv0143 HAS THE GREAT MERIT OF BEING AN ATTEMPT TO GET RID OF THE DUAL CONCEPTION
adv0144 OF THE CAUSES OF MOTION WHICH HAS HITHERTO PREVAILED
adv0145 ON THIS HYPOTHESIS THE HAMMERING OF THE ULTRA MUNDANE CORPUSCLES ON THE BOB CONFERS ITS KINETIC ENERGY ON THE ONE HAND
adv0146 AND TAKES IT AWAY ON THE OTHER
adv0147 AND THE STATE OF POTENTIAL ENERGY MEANS THE CONDITION OF THE BOB DURING THE INSTANT AT WHICH THE ENERGY
adv0148 CONFERRED BY THE HAMMERING DURING THE ONE HALF ARC
adv0149 HAS JUST BEEN EXHAUSTED BY THE HAMMERING DURING THE OTHER HALF ARC
adv0150 IT SEEMS SAFE TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE TIME WHEN THE CONCEPTION OF ATTRACTIVE AND REPULSIVE FORCES
adv0151 HAVING SERVED ITS PURPOSE AS A USEFUL PIECE OF SCIENTIFIC SCAFFOLDING
adv0152 WILL BE REPLACED
adv0153 BY THE DEDUCTION OF THE PHENOMENA KNOWN AS ATTRACTION AND REPULSION
adv0154 FROM THE GENERAL LAWS OF MOTION THE
adv0155 DOCTRINE OF THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY WHICH I HAVE ENDEAVORED TO ILLUSTRATE IS THUS DEFINED BY THE LATE CLERK MAXWELL
adv0156 THE TOTAL ENERGY OF ANY BODY OR SYSTEM OF BODIES IS A QUANTITY WHICH CAN NEITHER BE INCREASED NOR DIMINISHED
adv0157 BY ANY MUTUAL ACTION OF SUCH BODIES
adv0158 THOUGH IT MAY BE TRANSFORMED INTO ANY ONE OF THE FORMS OF WHICH ENERGY IS SUSCEPTIBLE
adv0159 IT FOLLOWS THAT ENERGY LIKE MATTER IS INDESTRUCTIBLE
adv0160 AND INGENERABLE IN NATURE THE PHENOMENAL WORLD
adv0161 SO FAR AS IT IS MATERIAL
adv0162 EXPRESSES THE EVOLUTION AND INVOLUTION OF ENERGY
adv0163 ITS PASSAGE FROM THE KINETIC TO THE POTENTIAL CONDITION AND BACK AGAIN
adv0164 WHEREVER MOTION OF MATTER TAKES PLACE THAT MOTION IS EFFECTED
adv0165 AT THE EXPENSE OF PART OF THE TOTAL STORE OF ENERGY
adv0166 HENCE AS THE PHENOMENA EXHIBITED BY LIVING BEINGS IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE MATERIAL ARE ALL MOLAR OR MOLECULAR MOTIONS
adv0167 THESE ARE INCLUDED UNDER THE GENERAL LAW
adv0168 A LIVING BODY IS A MACHINE BY WHICH ENERGY IS TRANSFORMED IN
adv0169 THE SAME SENSE AS A STEAM ENGINE IS SO
adv0170 AND ALL ITS MOVEMENTS MOLAR AND MOLECULAR
adv0171 ARE TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR
adv0172 BY THE ENERGY WHICH IS SUPPLIED TO IT
adv0173 THE PHENOMENA OF CONSCIOUSNESS WHICH ARISE
adv0174 ALONG WITH CERTAIN TRANSFORMATIONS OF ENERGY
adv0175 CANNOT BE INTERPOLATED IN THE SERIES OF THESE TRANSFORMATIONS
adv0176 INASMUCH AS THEY ARE NOT MOTIONS TO WHICH THE DOCTRINE OF THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY APPLIES
adv0177 AND FOR THE SAME REASON THEY DO NOT NECESSITATE THE USING UP OF ENERGY
adv0178 A SENSATION HAS NO MASS
adv0179 AND CANNOT BE CONCEIVED TO BE SUSCEPTIBLE OF MOVEMENT
adv0180 THAT A PARTICULAR MOLECULAR MOTION DOES GIVE RISE TO A STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IS EXPERIMENTALLY CERTAIN
adv0181 BUT THE HOW AND WHY OF THE PROCESS
adv0182 ARE JUST AS INEXPLICABLE
adv0183 AS IN THE CASE OF THE COMMUNICATION OF KINETIC ENERGY BY IMPACT
adv0184 WHEN DEALING WITH THE DOCTRINE OF THE ULTIMATE CONSTITUTION OF MATTER
adv0185 WE FOUND A CERTAIN RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN THE OLDEST SPECULATIONS AND THE NEWEST DOCTRINES OF PHYSICAL PHILOSOPHERS
adv0186 BUT THERE IS NO SUCH RESEMBLANCE
adv0187 BETWEEN THE ANCIENT AND MODERN VIEWS OF MOTION AND ITS CAUSES
adv0188 EXCEPT IN SO FAR AS THE CONCEPTION OF ATTRACTIVE AND REPULSIVE FORCES
adv0189 MAY BE REGARDED AS THE MODIFIED DESCENDANT
adv0190 OF THE ARISTOTELIAN CONCEPTION OF FORMS
adv0191 IN FACT IT IS HARDLY TOO MUCH TO SAY THAT THE ESSENTIAL AND FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANCIENT AND MODERN PHYSICAL SCIENCE
adv0192 LIES IN THE ASCERTAINMENT OF THE TRUE LAWS OF STATICS AND DYNAMICS IN THE COURSE OF THE LAST THREE CENTURIES
adv0193 AND IN THE INVENTION OF MATHEMATICAL METHODS OF DEALING
adv0194 WITH ALL THE CONSEQUENCES OF THESE LAWS
adv0195 THE ULTIMATE AIM OF MODERN PHYSICAL SCIENCE IS THE DEDUCTION OF THE PHENOMENA EXHIBITED BY MATERIAL BODIES
adv0196 FROM PHYSICO MATHEMATICAL FIRST PRINCIPLES
adv0197 WHETHER THE HUMAN INTELLECT IS STRONG ENOUGH TO ATTAIN THE GOAL SET BEFORE IT
adv0198 MAY BE A QUESTION BUT THITHER WILL IT SURELY STRIVE
adv0199 THE THIRD GREAT SCIENTIFIC EVENT OF OUR TIME THE REHABILITATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF EVOLUTION IS PART OF THE SAME TENDENCY OF INCREASING KNOWLEDGE TO UNIFY ITSELF
adv0200 WHICH HAS LED TO THE DOCTRINE OF THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
adv0201 AND THIS TENDENCY AGAIN IS MAINLY A PRODUCT OF THE INCREASING STRENGTH
adv0202 CONFERRED BY PHYSICAL INVESTIGATION ON THE BELIEF IN THE UNIVERSAL VALIDITY
adv0203 OF THAT ORDERLY RELATION OF FACTS
adv0204 WHICH WE EXPRESS BY THE SO CALLED LAWS OF NATURE
adv0205 THE GROWTH OF A PLANT FROM ITS SEED
adv0206 OF AN ANIMAL FROM ITS EGG THE
adv0207 APPARENT ORIGIN OF INNUMERABLE LIVING THINGS FROM MUD
adv0208 OR FROM THE PUTREFYING REMAINS OF FORMER ORGANISMS
adv0209 HAS FURNISHED THE EARLIER SCIENTIFIC THINKERS WITH ABUNDANT ANALOGIES
adv0210 SUGGESTIVE OF THE CONCEPTION OF A CORRESPONDING METHOD OF COSMIC EVOLUTION
adv0211 FROM A FORMLESS CHAOS TO AN ORDERED WORLD WHICH MIGHT EITHER CONTINUE FOR EVER OR UNDERGO DISSOLUTION INTO ITS ELEMENTS
adv0212 BEFORE STARTING ON A NEW COURSE OF EVOLUTION
adv0213 IT IS THEREFORE NO WONDER THAT FROM THE DAYS OF THE IONIAN SCHOOL ONWARDS THE VIEW THAT THE UNIVERSE WAS THE RESULT OF SUCH A PROCESS
adv0214 SHOULD HAVE MAINTAINED ITSELF AS A LEADING DOGMA OF PHILOSOPHY
adv0215 THE EMANISTIC THEORIES WHICH PLAYED SO GREAT A PART IN NEOPLATONIC PHILOSOPHY
adv0216 AND GNOSTIC THEOLOGY ARE FORMS OF EVOLUTION IN
adv0217 THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY DESCARTES PROPOUNDED A SCHEME OF EVOLUTION
adv0218 AS AN HYPOTHESIS OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE MODE OF ORIGIN OF THE WORLD
adv0219 WHILE PROFESSING TO ACCEPT THE ECCLESIASTICAL SCHEME OF CREATION AS
adv0220 AN ACCOUNT OF THAT WHICH ACTUALLY WAS ITS MANNER OF COMING INTO EXISTENCE
adv0222 IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY KANT PUT FORTH A REMARKABLE SPECULATION AS TO THE ORIGIN OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM CLOSELY SIMILAR TO
adv0223 THAT SUBSEQUENTLY ADOPTED BY LAPLACE
adv0224 AND DESTINED TO BECOME FAMOUS UNDER THE TITLE OF THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS
adv0225 THE CAREFUL OBSERVATIONS AND THE ACUTE REASONINGS OF THE ITALIAN GEOLOGISTS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
adv0226 THE SPECULATIONS OF LEIBNITZ IN THE PROTOGAEA
adv0227 AND OF BUFFON IN HIS THEORIE DE LA TERRE
adv0228 THE SOBER AND PROFOUND REASONINGS OF HUTTON
adv0229 IN THE LATTER PART OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
adv0230 ALL THESE TENDED TO SHOW THAT THE FABRIC OF THE EARTH ITSELF
adv0231 IMPLIED THE CONTINUANCE OF PROCESSES OF NATURAL CAUSATION FOR
adv0232 A PERIOD OF TIME AS GREAT
adv0233 IN RELATION TO HUMAN HISTORY
adv0234 AS THE DISTANCES OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES FROM US ARE
adv0235 IN RELATION TO TERRESTRIAL STANDARDS OF MEASUREMENT THE
adv0236 ABYSS OF TIME BEGAN TO LOOM AS LARGE AS THE ABYSS OF SPACE
adv0237 AND THIS REVELATION TO SIGHT AND TOUCH
adv0238 OF A LINK HERE AND A LINK THERE
adv0239 OF A PRACTICALLY INFINITE CHAIN OF NATURAL CAUSES AND EFFECTS
adv0240 PREPARED THE WAY AS PERHAPS NOTHING ELSE HAS DONE FOR
adv0241 THE MODERN FORM OF THE ANCIENT THEORY OF EVOLUTION IN THE
adv0242 BEGINNING OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
adv0243 DE MAILLET MADE THE FIRST SERIOUS ATTEMPT TO APPLY THE DOCTRINE TO THE LIVING WORLD
adv0244 IN THE LATTER PART OF IT ERASMUS DARWIN
adv0245 GOETHE TREVIRANUS AND LAMARCK
adv0246 TOOK UP THE WORK MORE VIGOROUSLY AND WITH BETTER QUALIFICATIONS
adv0247 THE QUESTION OF SPECIAL CREATION OR EVOLUTION LAY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FIERCE DISPUTES
adv0248 WHICH BROKE OUT IN THE FRENCH ACADEMY
adv0249 BETWEEN CUVIER AND ST HILAIRE
adv0250 AND FOR A TIME THE SUPPORTERS OF BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION WERE SILENCED IF NOT ANSWERED
adv0251 BY THE ALLIANCE OF THE GREATEST NATURALIST OF THE AGE WITH THEIR ECCLESIASTICAL OPPONENTS
adv0252 CATASTROPHISM A SHORT SIGHTED TELEOLOGY AND A STILL MORE SHORT SIGHTED ORTHODOXY JOINED FORCES TO CRUSH EVOLUTION
adv0253 LYELL AND POULETT SCROPE IN THIS COUNTRY
adv0254 RESUMED THE WORK OF THE ITALIANS AND OF HUTTON AND
adv0255a THE FORMER AIDED BY A MARVELLOUS POWER OF CLEAR EXPOSITION PLACED UPON AN IRREFRAGABLE BASIS THE TRUTH THAT NATURAL CAUSES ARE COMPETENT
adv0255b TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL EVENTS WHICH CAN BE PROVED TO HAVE OCCURRED IN THE COURSE OF THE SECULAR CHANGES WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE
adv0256 DURING THE DEPOSITION OF THE STRATIFIED ROCKS
adv0257 THE PUBLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY IN EIGHTEEN THIRTY
adv0258 CONSTITUTED AN EPOCH IN GEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
adv0259 BUT IT ALSO CONSTITUTED AN EPOCH IN THE MODERN HISTORY OF THE DOCTRINES OF EVOLUTION BY RAISING IN THE MIND OF EVERY INTELLIGENT READER THIS QUESTION
adv0260 IF NATURAL CAUSATION IS COMPETENT TO ACCOUNT FOR THE NOT LIVING PART OF OUR GLOBE
adv0261 WHY SHOULD IT NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE LIVING PART
adv0262 BY KEEPING THIS QUESTION BEFORE THE PUBLIC FOR SOME THIRTY YEARS LYELL
adv0263 THOUGH THE KEENEST AND MOST FORMIDABLE OF THE OPPONENTS OF THE TRANSMUTATION THEORY
adv0264 AS IT WAS FORMULATED BY LAMARCK
adv0265 WAS OF THE GREATEST POSSIBLE SERVICE IN FACILITATING THE RECEPTION
adv0266 OF THE SOUNDER DOCTRINES OF A LATER DAY
adv0267 AND IN LIKE FASHION ANOTHER VEHEMENT OPPONENT OF THE TRANSMUTATION OF SPECIES
adv0268 THE ELDER AGASSIZ WAS DOOMED TO HELP THE CAUSE HE HATED
adv0269 AGASSIZ NOT ONLY MAINTAINED THE FACT
adv0270 OF THE PROGRESSIVE ADVANCE IN ORGANISATION
adv0271 OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH AT EACH SUCCESSIVE GEOLOGICAL EPOCH
adv0272 BUT HE INSISTED UPON THE ANALOGY OF THE STEPS OF THIS PROGRESSION
adv0273 WITH THOSE BY WHICH THE EMBRYO ADVANCES TO THE ADULT CONDITION
adv0274 AMONG THE HIGHEST FORMS OF EACH GROUP
adv0275 IN FACT IN ENDEAVORING TO SUPPORT THESE VIEWS
adv0276 HE WENT A GOOD WAY BEYOND THE LIMITS OF ANY CAUTIOUS INTERPRETATION
adv0277 OF THE FACTS THEN KNOWN ALTHOUGH LITTLE ACQUAINTED WITH BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE
adv0278 WHEWELL SEEMS TO HAVE TAKEN PARTICULAR PAINS WITH THAT PART OF HIS WORK
adv0279 WHICH DEALS WITH THE HISTORY OF GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SPECULATION
adv0280 AND SEVERAL CHAPTERS OF HIS SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH BOOKS
adv0281 WHICH COMPRISE THE HISTORY OF PHYSIOLOGY OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY
adv0282 AND OF THE PALAETIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
adv0283 VIVIDLY REPRODUCE THE CONTROVERSIES OF THE EARLY DAYS OF THE VICTORIAN EPOCH
adv0284 BUT HERE AS IN THE CASE OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
adv0285 THE HISTORIAN OF THE INDUCTIVE SCIENCES HAS NO PROPHETIC INSIGHT
adv0286 NOT EVEN A SUSPICION
adv0287 OF THAT WHICH THE NEAR FUTURE WAS TO BRING FORTH
adv0288 AND THOSE WHO STILL REPEAT THE ONCE FAVORITE OBJECTION THAT DARWIN'S ORIGIN OF SPECIES
adv0289 IS NOTHING BUT A NEW VERSION OF THE PHILOSOPHIE ZOOLOGIQUE
adv0290 WILL FIND THAT SO LATE AS EIGHTEEN FORTY FOUR WHEWELL HAD NOT THE SLIGHTEST SUSPICION OF DARWIN'S MAIN THEOREM
adv0291 EVEN AS A LOGICAL POSSIBILITY IN FACT
adv0292 THE PUBLICATION OF THAT THEOREM BY DARWIN AND WALLACE IN EIGHTEEN FIFTY NINE
adv0293 TOOK ALL THE BIOLOGICAL WORLD BY SURPRISE
adv0294 NEITHER THOSE WHO WERE INCLINED TOWARDS THE PROGRESSIVE TRANSMUTATION OR DEVELOPMENT DOCTRINE AS IT WAS THEN CALLED
adv0295 NOR THOSE WHO WERE OPPOSED TO IT
adv0296 HAD THE SLIGHTEST SUSPICION
adv0297 THAT THE TENDENCY TO VARIATION IN LIVING BEINGS
adv0298 WHICH ALL ADMITTED AS A MATTER OF FACT
adv0299 THE SELECTIVE INFLUENCE OF CONDITIONS
adv0300 WHICH NO ONE COULD DENY TO BE A MATTER OF FACT WHEN HIS ATTENTION WAS DRAWN TO THE EVIDENCE
adv0301 AND THE OCCURRENCE OF GREAT GEOLOGICAL CHANGES
adv0302 WHICH ALSO WAS MATTER OF FACT
adv0303 COULD BE USED AS THE ONLY NECESSARY POSTULATES
adv0304 OF A THEORY OF THE EVOLUTION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS
adv0305 WHICH EVEN IF NOT AT ONCE COMPETENT TO EXPLAIN ALL THE KNOWN FACTS OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COULD NOT BE SHOWN TO BE INCONSISTENT WITH ANY
adv0306 SO FAR AS BIOLOGY IS CONCERNED THE PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
adv0307 FOR THE FIRST TIME PUT THE DOCTRINE OF EVOLUTION IN ITS APPLICATION TO LIVING THINGS UPON A SOUND SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATION
adv0308 IT BECAME AN INSTRUMENT OF INVESTIGATION
adv0309 AND IN NO HANDS DID IT PROVE MORE BRILLIANTLY PROFITABLE
adv0310 THAN IN THOSE OF DARWIN HIMSELF HIS
adv0311 PUBLICATIONS ON THE EFFECTS OF DOMESTICATION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
adv0312 ON THE INFLUENCE OF CROSS FERTILISATION ON FLOWERS AS ORGANS FOR EFFECTING SUCH FERTILISATION
adv0313 ON INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS ON THE MOTIONS OF PLANTS
adv0314 POINTED OUT THE ROUTES OF EXPLORATION WHICH HAVE SINCE BEEN FOLLOWED BY HOSTS OF INQUIRERS TO THE GREAT PROFIT OF SCIENCE
adv0315 DARWIN FOUND THE BIOLOGICAL WORLD A MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FIELD FOR EVEN HIS GREAT POWERS
adv0316 AND LEFT THE COSMICAL PART OF THE DOCTRINE TO OTHERS
adv0317 NOT MUCH HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS
adv0318 SINCE THE TIME OF LAPLACE EXCEPT THAT THE ATTEMPT TO SHOW
adv0319 AGAINST THAT HYPOTHESIS
adv0320 THAT ALL NEBULAE ARE STAR CLUSTERS HAS BEEN MET BY THE SPECTROSCOPIC PROOF OF THE GASEOUS CONDITION OF SOME OF THEM
adv0322 MOREOVER PHYSICISTS OF THE PRESENT GENERATION APPEAR NOW TO ACCEPT THE SECULAR COOLING OF THE EARTH
adv0323 WHICH IS ONE OF THE COROLLARIES OF THAT HYPOTHESIS
adv0324 IN FACT ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE HELP OF DEDUCTIONS FROM THE DATA OF PHYSICS
adv0325 TO LAY DOWN AN APPROXIMATE LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF MILLIONS OF YEARS WHICH HAVE ELAPSED SINCE THE EARTH WAS HABITABLE BY LIVING BEINGS
adv0326 IF THE CONCLUSIONS THUS REACHED SHOULD STAND THE TEST OF FURTHER INVESTIGATION THEY
adv0327 WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE VERY VALUABLE
adv0328 BUT WHETHER TRUE OR FALSE THEY CAN HAVE NO INFLUENCE UPON THE DOCTRINE OF EVOLUTION IN
adv0329 ITS APPLICATION TO LIVING ORGANISMS THE
adv0330 OCCURRENCE OF SUCCESSIVE FORMS OF LIFE UPON OUR GLOBE IS AN HISTORICAL FACT WHICH CANNOT BE DISPUTED
adv0331 AND THE RELATION OF THESE SUCCESSIVE FORMS
adv0332 AS STAGES OF EVOLUTION OF THE SAME TYPE
adv0333 IS ESTABLISHED IN VARIOUS CASES
adv0334 THE BIOLOGIST HAS NO MEANS OF DETERMINING THE TIME OVER WHICH THE PROCESS OF EVOLUTION HAS EXTENDED
adv0335 BUT ACCEPTS THE COMPUTATION OF THE PHYSICAL GEOLOGIST
adv0336 AND THE PHYSICIST WHATEVER THAT MAY BE
adv0337 EVOLUTION AS A PHILOSOPHICAL DOCTRINE APPLICABLE TO ALL PHENOMENA
adv0338 WHETHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL WHETHER MANIFESTED BY MATERIAL ATOMS
adv0339 OR BY MEN IN SOCIETY
adv0340 HAS BEEN DEALT WITH SYSTEMATICALLY IN THE SYNTHETIC PHILOSOPHY OF MR HERBERT SPENCER
adv0341 COMMENT ON THAT GREAT UNDERTAKING WOULD NOT BE IN PLACE HERE
adv0342 I MENTION IT BECAUSE SO FAR AS I KNOW
adv0343 IT IS THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO DEAL ON SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES WITH MODERN SCIENTIFIC FACTS AND SPECULATIONS
adv0344 FOR THE PHILOSOPHIC POSITIVE OF M COMTE
adv0345 WITH WHICH MR SPENCER'S SYSTEM OF PHILOSOPHY IS SOMETIMES COMPARED
adv0346 THOUGH IT PROFESSES A SIMILAR OBJECT
adv0347 IS UNFORTUNATELY PERMEATED BY A THOROUGHLY UNSCIENTIFIC SPIRIT
adv0348 AND ITS AUTHOR HAD NO ADEQUATE ACQUAINTANCE
adv0349 WITH THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES EVEN OF HIS OWN TIME
adv0350 THE DOCTRINE OF EVOLUTION SO FAR AS THE PRESENT PHYSICAL COSMOS IS CONCERNED
adv0351 POSTULATES THE FIXITY OF THE RULES OF OPERATION OF THE CAUSES OF MOTION IN THE MATERIAL UNIVERSE
adv0352 IF ALL KINDS OF MATTER ARE MODIFICATIONS OF ONE KIND
adv0353 AND IF ALL MODES OF MOTION ARE DERIVED FROM THE SAME ENERGY
adv0354 THE ORDERLY EVOLUTION OF PHYSICAL NATURE OUT OF ONE SUBSTRATUM
adv0355 AND ONE ENERGY IMPLIES THAT THE RULES OF ACTION OF THAT ENERGY
adv0356 SHOULD BE FIXED AND DEFINITE IN
adv0357 THE PAST HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE BACK TO THAT POINT
adv0358 THERE CAN BE NO ROOM FOR CHANCE OR DISORDER
adv0359 BUT IT IS POSSIBLE TO RAISE THE QUESTION WHETHER THIS UNIVERSE OF SIMPLEST MATTER AND
adv0360 DEFINITELY OPERATING ENERGY WHICH FORMS OUR HYPOTHETICAL STARTING POINT
adv0361 MAY NOT ITSELF BE A PRODUCT OF EVOLUTION
adv0362 FROM A UNIVERSE OF SUCH MATTER
adv0363 IN WHICH THE MANIFESTATIONS OF ENERGY WERE NOT DEFINITE
adv0364 IN WHICH FOR EXAMPLE
adv0365 OUR LAWS OF MOTION HELD GOOD FOR SOME UNITS AND NOT FOR OTHERS
adv0366 OR FOR THE SAME UNITS AT ONE TIME AND NOT AT ANOTHER
adv0367 AND WHICH WOULD THEREFORE BE A REAL EPICUREAN CHANCE WORLD
adv0368 FOR MYSELF I MUST CONFESS THAT I FIND THE AIR OF THIS REGION OF SPECULATION
adv0369 TOO RAREFIED FOR MY CONSTITUTION
adv0370 AND I AM DISPOSED TO TAKE REFUGE IN IGNORAMUS ET IGNORABIMUS
adv0371 THE EXECUTION OF MY FURTHER TASK
adv0372 THE INDICATION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE SEVERAL BRANCHES OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE
adv0373 DURING THE LAST FIFTY YEARS
adv0374 IS EMBARRASSED BY THE ABUNDANCE OF THE OBJECTS OF CHOICE
adv0375 AND BY THE DIFFICULTY WHICH EVERYONE BUT A SPECIALIST IN EACH DEPARTMENT
adv0376 MUST FIND IN DRAWING A DUE DISTINCTION BETWEEN DISCOVERIES
adv0377 WHICH STRIKE THE IMAGINATION BY THEIR NOVELTY
adv0378 OR BY THEIR PRACTICAL INFLUENCE
adv0379 AND THOSE UNOBTRUSIVE BUT PREGNANT OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS
adv0380 IN WHICH THE GERMS OF THE GREAT THINGS OF THE FUTURE REALLY LIE
adv0381 MOREOVER MY LIMITS RESTRICT ME TO LITTLE MORE THAN A BARE CHRONICLE OF THE EVENTS
adv0382 WHICH I HAVE TO NOTICE
adv0383 IN PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY THE OLD BOUNDARIES OF WHICH SCIENCES ARE RAPIDLY BECOMING EFFACED
adv0384 ONE CAN HARDLY GO WRONG IN ASCRIBING A PRIMARY VALUE TO
adv0385 THE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE RELATION BETWEEN THE SOLID LIQUID AND GASEOUS STATES OF MATTER ON THE ONE HAND
adv0386 AND DEGREES OF PRESSURE AND OF HEAT ON THE OTHER
adv0387 ALMOST ALL EVEN THE MOST REFRACTORY SOLIDS HAVE BEEN VAPORISED
adv0388 BY THE INTENSE HEAT OF THE ELECTRIC ARC AND
adv0389 THE MOST REFRACTORY GASES HAVE BEEN FORCED TO ASSUME THE LIQUID
adv0390 AND EVEN THE SOLID FORMS
adv0391 BY THE COMBINATION OF HIGH PRESSURE WITH INTENSE COLD
adv0392 IT HAS FURTHER BEEN SHOWN THAT THERE IS NO DISCONTINUITY BETWEEN THESE STATES
adv0393 THAT A GAS PASSES INTO THE LIQUID STATE
adv0394 THROUGH A CONDITION WHICH IS NEITHER ONE NOR THE OTHER
adv0395 AND THAT A LIQUID BODY BECOMES SOLID
adv0396 OR A SOLID LIQUID BY THE INTERMEDIATION OF A CONDITION
adv0397 IN WHICH IT IS NEITHER TRULY SOLID NOR TRULY LIQUID
adv0398 THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS HAVE CONCURRED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VIEW THAT
adv0399 A GAS IS A BODY
adv0400 THE PARTICLES OF WHICH ARE IN INCESSANT RECTILINEAR MOTION AT HIGH VELOCITIES
adv0401 COLLIDING WITH ONE ANOTHER
adv0402 AND BOUNDING BACK WHEN THEY STRIKE THE WALLS OF THE CONTAINING VESSEL
adv0403 AND ON THIS THEORY
adv0404 THE ALREADY ASCERTAINED RELATIONS OF GASEOUS BODIES TO HEAT
adv0405 AND PRESSURE HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE DEDUCIBLE FROM MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES
adv0406 IMMENSE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN EFFECTED IN THE MEANS OF EXHAUSTING A GIVEN SPACE OF ITS GASEOUS CONTENTS
adv0407 AND EXPERIMENTATION ON THE PHENOMENA WHICH ATTEND THE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE AND
adv0408 THE ACTION OF RADIANT HEAT
adv0409 WITHIN THE EXTREMELY RAREFIED MEDIA THUS PRODUCED
adv0410 HAS YIELDED A GREAT NUMBER OF REMARKABLE RESULTS
adv0411 SOME OF WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE FAMILIAR TO THE PUBLIC
adv0412 BY THE GIESELER TUBES AND THE RADIOMETER
adv0413 ALREADY THESE INVESTIGATIONS HAVE AFFORDED AN UNEXPECTED INSIGHT
adv0414 INTO THE CONSTITUTION OF MATTER AND ITS RELATIONS WITH THERMAL AND ELECTRIC ENERGY
adv0415 AND THEY OPEN UP A VAST FIELD FOR FUTURE INQUIRY
adv0416 INTO SOME OF THE DEEPEST PROBLEMS OF PHYSICS
adv0417 OTHER IMPORTANT STEPS IN THE SAME DIRECTION
adv0418 HAVE BEEN EFFECTED BY INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE ABSORPTION OF RADIANT HEAT
adv0419 PROCEEDING FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES BY SOLID FLUID AND GASEOUS BODIES
adv0420 AND IT IS A CURIOUS EXAMPLE OF THE INTERCONNECTION OF THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE
adv0421 THAT SOME OF THE RESULTS THUS OBTAINED
adv0422 HAVE PROVED OF GREAT IMPORTANCE IN METEOROLOGY THE
adv0423 EXISTENCE OF NUMEROUS DARK LINES CONSTANT IN THEIR NUMBER AND POSITION IN THE VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE SOLAR SPECTRUM
adv0424 WAS MADE OUT BY FRAUNHOFER IN THE EARLY PART OF THE PRESENT CENTURY
adv0425 BUT MORE THAN FORTY YEARS ELAPSED BEFORE THEIR CAUSES WERE ASCERTAINED
adv0426 AND THEIR IMPORTANCE RECOGNISED
adv0427 SPECTROSCOPY WHICH THEN TOOK ITS RISE IS PROBABLY THAT EMPLOYMENT OF PHYSICAL KNOWLEDGE
adv0428 ALREADY WON AS A MEANS OF FURTHER ACQUISITION
adv0429 WHICH MOST IMPRESSES THE IMAGINATION
adv0430 FOR IT HAS SUDDENLY AND IMMENSELY ENLARGED OUR POWER OF OVERCOMING THE OBSTACLES
adv0431 WHICH ALMOST INFINITE MINUTENESS ON THE ONE HAND
adv0432 AND ALMOST INFINITE DISTANCE ON THE OTHER
adv0433 HAVE HITHERTO OPPOSED TO THE RECOGNITION OF
adv0434 THE PRESENCE AND THE CONDITION OF MATTER
adv0435 ONE EIGHTEEN MILLIONTH OF A GRAIN OF SODIUM IN THE FLAME OF A SPIRIT LAMP
adv0436 MAY BE DETECTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT AND AT THE SAME TIME IT GIVES TRUST WORTHY INDICATIONS
adv0437 OF THE MATERIAL CONSTITUTION NOT ONLY OF THE SUN
adv0438 BUT OF THE FARTHEST OF THOSE FIXED STARS AND NEBULAE
adv0439 WHICH AFFORD SUFFICIENT LIGHT TO AFFECT THE EYE OR
adv0440 THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE OF THE INQUIRER
adv0441 THE MATHEMATICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ELUCIDATION OF THE PHENOMENA OF ELECTRICITY AND THE STUDY OF THE RELATIONS OF THIS FORM OF ENERGY
adv0442 WITH CHEMICAL AND THERMAL ACTION
adv0443 HAD MADE EXTENSIVE PROGRESS BEFORE EIGHTEEN THIRTY SEVEN
adv0444 BUT THE DETERMINATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF MAGNETISM ON LIGHT
adv0445 THE DISCOVERY OF DIAMAGNETISM OF
adv0446 THE INFLUENCE OF CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE ON MAGNETISM AND
adv0447 THE COMPLETION OF THE MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF ELECTRICITY
adv0448 ALL BELONG TO THE PRESENT EPOCH
adv0449 TO IT ALSO APPERTAIN THE PRACTICAL EXECUTION AND
adv0450 THE WORKING OUT OF THE RESULTS OF THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF
adv0451 OBSERVATIONS ON TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM SUGGESTED BY
adv0452 HUMBOLDT IN EIGHTEEN THIRTY SIX
adv0453 AND THE INVENTION OF INSTRUMENTS OF INFINITE DELICACY
adv0454 AND PRECISION FOR THE QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA
adv0455 THE VOLTAIC BATTERY HAS RECEIVED VAST IMPROVEMENTS
adv0456 WHILE THE INVENTION OF MAGNETO ELECTRIC ENGINES
adv0457 AND OF IMPROVED MEANS OF PRODUCING ORDINARY ELECTRICITY
adv0458 HAS PROVIDED SOURCES OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY
adv0459 VASTLY SUPERIOR TO ANY BEFORE EXTANT IN POWER
adv0460 AND FAR MORE CONVENIENT FOR USE IT
adv0461 IS PERHAPS THIS BRANCH OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE WHICH MAY CLAIM THE PALM FOR ITS PRACTICAL FRUITS
adv0462 NO LESS THAN FOR THE AID WHICH IT HAS FURNISHED TO THE INVESTIGATION
adv0463 OF OTHER PARTS OF THE FIELD OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE
adv0464 THE IDEA OF THE PRACTICABILITY OF ESTABLISHING A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DISTANT POINTS
adv0465 BY MEANS OF ELECTRICITY
adv0466 COULD HARDLY FAIL TO HAVE SIMMERED IN THE MINDS OF INGENIOUS MEN
adv0467 SINCE WELL NIGH A CENTURY AGO
adv0468 EXPERIMENTAL PROOF WAS GIVEN THAT
adv0469 ELECTRIC DISTURBANCES COULD BE PROPAGATED THROUGH A WIRE
adv0470 TWELVE THOUSAND FEET LONG VARIOUS METHODS OF CARRYING THE SUGGESTION INTO PRACTICE
adv0471 HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT WITH SOME DEGREE OF SUCCESS
adv0472 BUT THE SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHY WHICH AT THE PRESENT TIME BRINGS ALL PARTS OF THE CIVILISED WORLD
adv0473 WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF ONE ANOTHER
adv0474 ORIGINATED ONLY ABOUT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EPOCH UNDER CONSIDERATION
adv0475 IN ITS INFLUENCE ON THE COURSE OF HUMAN AFFAIRS
adv0476 THIS INVENTION TAKES ITS PLACE BESIDE THAT OF GUNPOWDER
adv0477 WHICH TENDED TO ABOLISH THE PHYSICAL INEQUALITIES OF FIGHTING MEN
adv0478 OF PRINTING WHICH TENDED TO DESTROY THE EFFECT OF INEQUALITIES
adv0479 IN WEALTH AMONG LEARNING MEN
adv0480 OF STEAM TRANSPORT WHICH HAS DONE THE LIKE FOR TRAVELLING MEN
adv0481 ALL THESE GIFTS OF SCIENCE ARE AIDS IN THE PROCESS OF LEVELLING UP
adv0482 OF REMOVING THE IGNORANT AND BANEFUL PREJUDICES
adv0483 OF NATION AGAINST NATION PROVINCE AGAINST PROVINCE AND CLASS
adv0484 AGAINST CLASS OF ASSURING THAT SOCIAL ORDER
adv0485 WHICH IS THE FOUNDATION OF PROGRESS
adv0486 WHICH HAS REDEEMED EUROPE FROM BARBARISM AND
adv0487 AGAINST WHICH ONE IS GLAD TO THINK THAT THOSE WHO IN OUR TIME ARE
adv0488 EMPLOYING THEMSELVES IN FANNING THE EMBERS OF ANCIENT WRONG
adv0489 IN SETTING CLASS AGAINST CLASS
adv0490 AND IN TRYING TO TEAR ASUNDER THE EXISTING BONDS OF UNITY ARE
adv0491 UNDERTAKING A FUTILE STRUGGLE
adv0492 THE TELEPHONE IS ONLY SECOND IN PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE TO THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH
adv0493 INVENTED AS IT WERE ONLY THE OTHER DAY IT
adv0494 HAS ALREADY TAKEN ITS PLACE AS AN APPLIANCE OF DAILY LIFE
adv0495 SIXTY YEARS AGO THE EXTRACTION OF METALS FROM THEIR SOLUTIONS
adv0496 BY THE ELECTRIC CURRENT WAS SIMPLY A HIGHLY INTERESTING SCIENTIFIC FACT
adv0497 AT THE PRESENT DAY THE GALVANO PLASTIC ART IS A GREAT INDUSTRY
adv0498 AND IN COMBINATION WITH PHOTOGRAPHY
adv0499 PROMISES TO BE OF ENDLESS SERVICE IN THE ARTS
adv0500 ELECTRIC LIGHTING IS ANOTHER GREAT GIFT OF SCIENCE TO CIVILISATION THE
adv0501 PRACTICAL EFFECTS OF WHICH HAVE NOT YET BEEN FULLY DEVELOPED
adv0502 LARGELY ON ACCOUNT OF ITS COST
adv0503 BUT THOSE WHOSE MEMORIES GO BACK TO THE TINDER BOX PERIOD
adv0504 AND RECOLLECT THE COST OF THE FIRST LUCIFER MATCHES
adv0505 WILL NOT DESPAIR OF THE RESULTS
adv0506 OF THE APPLICATION OF SCIENCE AND INGENUITY TO
adv0507 THE CHEAP PRODUCTION OF ANYTHING FOR WHICH THERE IS A LARGE DEMAND
adv0508 END OF SECTION THREE THIS HAS BEEN A LIBRIVOX RECORDING
adv0509 ALL LIBRIVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

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