The Machinery of the Universe
The Machinery of the Universe
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, which have a definitemeaning and convey definite mechanical conceptions when applied tomatter, but have no corresponding meaning and convey no such mechanicalconceptions when applied to the ether. It is certain that they areinappropriate, and that the ether and its properties cannot be describedin terms applicable to matter. Mathematical considerations derived fromthe study of matter have no advantage, and are not likely to lead us toa knowledge of the ether.
Only a few have perceived the inc...onsistency of thinking of the two inthe same terms. In his _Grammar of Science_, Prof. Karl Pearson says, "We find that our sense-impressions of hardness, weight, colour, temperature, cohesion, and chemical constitution, may all be describedby the aid of the motions of a single medium, which itself is conceivedto have no hardness, weight, colour, temperature, nor indeed elasticityof the ordinary conceptual type. " None of the properties of the ether are such as one would or could havepredicted if he had had all the knowledge possessed by mankind.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
, which have a definitemeaning and convey definite mechanical conceptions when applied tomatter, but have no corresponding meaning and convey no such mechanicalconceptions when applied to the ether. It is certain that they areinappropriate, and that the ether and its properties cannot be describedin terms applicable to matter. Mathematical considerations derived fromthe study of matter have no advantage, and are not likely to lead us toa knowledge of the ether.
Only a few have perceived the inc...onsistency of thinking of the two inthe same terms. In his _Grammar of Science_, Prof. Karl Pearson says, "We find that our sense-impressions of hardness, weight, colour, temperature, cohesion, and chemical constitution, may all be describedby the aid of the motions of a single medium, which itself is conceivedto have no hardness, weight, colour, temperature, nor indeed elasticityof the ordinary conceptual type. " None of the properties of the ether are such as one would or could havepredicted if he had had all the knowledge possessed by mankind.
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