Elements of natural philosophy (Volume 2-3) (1850)
Bartlett, W. H. C. (William Holms Chambers), 1804-1893 · New York : Barnes · leaf 19
lready referred, in the introduction tothe first volume, to Boscovichs views upon this subject,and shall now give some illustration of the mode in which, 10 NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Exponentialcurve; according to that distinguished philosopher, all bodies areformed. For this purpose let us resume the… … J) 71 poses to represent the law and intensity of the action ofone atom of a body upon another. We have seen that theordinates of those portions of the curve which lie abovethe line A C, denote the attractive, while the ordinates ofthe portions below, represent the repulsive energies of anatom A…
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