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“The theory I propose may therefore be called a theory of the Electromagnetic Field because it has to do with the space in the neighbourhood of the electric or magnetic bodies, and it may be called a Dynamical Theory, because it assumes that in the space there is matter in motion, by which the observed electromagnetic phenomena are produced.”

May Matter Body Science Space Fields Theory Assuming Electric Propose Magnetic Neighbourhoods

Book:The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell, Vol. I

Source: The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell, Vol. I

“Souls (or minds) are thought of as purely non-physical, they can't be weighed, split in half, heated or cooled, they lack mass, electric charge and so on...but how could they possibly have a cause and effect relationship with bodies that are said to have these, and only these physical properties?”

Mind Said Soul Body Causes Half Effects Mass Property Splits Electric Cause And Effect

Author:Austin Dacey

“As Attraction is stronger in small Magnets than in great ones in proportion to their Bulk, and Gravity is greater in the Surfaces of small Planets than in those of great ones in proportion to their bulk, and small Bodies are agitated much more by electric attraction than great ones; so the smallness of the Rays of Light may contribute very much to the power of the Agent by which they are refracted.”

May Body Light Greater Planets Stronger Surface Attraction Agents Proportion Rays Gravity Electric Magnet Great Ones Smallness Rays Of Light

Book:Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light. ...

Source: Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light. ...

“[Elephants] are less agile and physically less adaptable than ourselves - Nature having developed their bodies in one direction and their brains in another, while human beings, on the other hand, drew from Mr. Darwin's lottery of evolution both the winning ticket and the stub to match it. This, I suppose, is why we are so wonderful and can make movies and electric razors and wireless sets - and guns with which to shoot the elephant, the hare, clay pigeons, and each other.”

Humans Body Hands Winning Human Beings Brain Wonderful Evolution Gun Electric Tickets Elephants Clay Lottery Razors One Direction Pigeons Wireless Hares Adaptable

Author:Beryl Markham