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An attempt to demonstrate, that all the phaenomena in nature may be explained by two simple active principles, attraction and repulsion : wherein the attractions of cohesion, gravity, and magnetism, are shewn to be one and the same; and the phaenomena of the latter are more particularly explained

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1754.
Call number: 709174
Creator: Knight, Gowin (1713-1772)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 27 cm
Associated organization: Burndy Library,
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An attempt to demonstrate, that all the phaenomena in nature may be explained by two simple active principles, attraction and repulsion : wherein the attractions of cohesion, gravity, and magnetism, are shewn to be one and the same; and the phaenomena of the latter are more particularly explained

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An attempt to demonstrate, that all the phœnomena in nature may be explained by two simple active principles, attraction and repulsion: : wherein the attractions of cohesion, gravity, and magnetism, are shewn to be one and the same; ... By Gowin Knight

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