 | England - 1845 - 816 pages
...its effects are sndden and energetic ; sometimes of indefinite and uninterrupted continuance. It is ' capable of moving with various degrees of facility through the pores or even the substance of matter;' and is not impeded in its action by the intervention of any substance... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1830 - 650 pages
...fluid, pervading all material bodies, and capable of moving with various degrees of facility through tho pores or actual substance of different kinds of matter....some, as in those we call conductors or non-electrics, it moves without any apparent obstruction ; while in others, as in those we call non-conductors or... | |
 | 1832 - 650 pages
...possessed of certain powers or qualities adapted to the production of the observed effects. In the ease of light, for example, we may conceive the phenomena...difficulty. Moreover, as the phenomena appear to point out Ihe existence of two distinct kinds of agencies, we may further assume that there are two distinct... | |
 | Physics - 1832 - 642 pages
...nature, designating them by specific names ; we next endeavour to conceive these agents as possessed of certain powers or qualities adapted to the production...but, in glass, resin, and, in general, in all bodies «ailed electrics, or non-conductors, it moves with great difficulty. Moreover, as the phenomena appear... | |
 | Physics - 1832 - 640 pages
...fluid, pervading the earth and all other material bodies, but itself devoid of any sensible gravity. AVe must suppose this fluid to be capable of moving, with...matter. In some, as in those we call conductors, or non-elfctrics, such as the metals, it moves without any perceivable obstruction : but, in glass, resin,... | |
 | Mary Somerville - Physical science - 1834 - 390 pages
...hypothesis is necessary for explaining the phenomena observed, it is assumed to be a highly-elastic fluid, capable of moving with various degrees of facility through the pores or even the substance of matter ; and as experience shows that bodies in one electric state attract, and... | |
 | Mary Somerville - Physical sciences - 1834 - 484 pages
...hypothesis is necessary for explaining the phenomena observed, it is assumed to be a highly-elastic fluid, capable of moving with various degrees of facility through the pores or even the substance of matter; and as experience shows that bodies in one electric state attract, and... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - 1837 - 118 pages
...hypothesis is necessary for explaining the phenomena observed, it is assumed to be a highly elastic fluid, capable of moving with various degrees of facility through the pores or even the substance of matter ; and as experience shows that bodies in one electric state attract, and... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1838 - 642 pages
...that of a very subtile, irn|X>ndcrahle and highly elastic fiuid, pervading all material bodies, and capable of moving with various degrees of facility...matter. In some, as in those we call conductors or non-electrict, it moves without any apparent obstruction ; while in others, as in those we cull non-conductors... | |
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... (41.) The hypothesis which naturally suggests itself for the explanation of electrical phenomena is that of a very subtile and highly elastic fluid, pervading the earth and all other material bodies, but itself devoid of any sensible gravity. 
