"Destructibility" Quotes from Famous Books
... applies, manifestly, to all the other speculations which have the vortex atom, so to say, for their foundation-stone. Thus Professors Stewart and Tait's inferences as to the destructibility of matter, based on the supposition that the ether is not quite frictionless; Professor Dolbear's suggestions as to the creation of matter through the development of new ether ripples, and the same thinker's speculations as to an ... — A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) - Aspects Of Recent Science • Henry Smith Williams |