It would scarcely be possible to conceive that the law regulating the distance of molecules could give in all cases relations so simple as those which the facts just detailed compel us to acknowledge between the volume and the number of molecules. Amedeo Avogadro
It would scarcely be possible to conceive that the law regulating the distance of molecules could give in all cases relations so simple as those which the facts just detailed compel us to acknowledge between the volume and the number of molecules.
We suppose ... that the constituent molecules of any simple gas whatever (i.e., the molecules which are at such a distance from each other that they cannot exercise their mutual action) are not formed of a solitary elementary molecule. Amedeo Avogadro
We suppose ... that the constituent molecules of any simple gas whatever (i.e., the molecules which are at such a distance from each other that they cannot exercise their mutual action) are not formed of a solitary elementary molecule.
All bodies – animals, plants, trees, water, even stones – are impregnated with this magic fluid, which might be propagated to a considerable distance. Franz Mesmer
All bodies – animals, plants, trees, water, even stones – are impregnated with this magic fluid, which might be propagated to a considerable distance.
The past is a candle at great distance: too close to let you quit, too far to comfort you. Amy Bloom
The past is a candle at great distance: too close to let you quit, too far to comfort you.
For Eratosthenes shows that the perpendicular distance from the highest mountain tops to the lowest regions is ten stades [c.5,000-5,500 feet]. This he shows with the help of dioptras which measure magnitudes at a distance. Eratosthenes
For Eratosthenes shows that the perpendicular distance from the highest mountain tops to the lowest regions is ten stades [c.5,000-5,500 feet]. This he shows with the help of dioptras which measure magnitudes at a distance.
Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. Zora Neale Hurston
Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.
Who, then, would wish to prevent me from freely considering figures hanging on a balance imagined to be at an infinite distance beyond the confines of the world? Evangelista Torricelli
Who, then, would wish to prevent me from freely considering figures hanging on a balance imagined to be at an infinite distance beyond the confines of the world?
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Archimedes
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
I had not thought of this regular decrease of gravity, namely that it is as the inverse square of the distance; this is a new and highly remarkable property of gravity. Christiaan Huygens
I had not thought of this regular decrease of gravity, namely that it is as the inverse square of the distance; this is a new and highly remarkable property of gravity.
Four circles to the kissing come, The smaller are the benter. The bend is just the inverse of The distance from the centre. Though their intrigue left Euclid dumb There's now no need for rule of thumb. Frederick Soddy
Four circles to the kissing come, The smaller are the benter. The bend is just the inverse of The distance from the centre. Though their intrigue left Euclid dumb There's now no need for rule of thumb.
Two magnitudes whether commensurable or incommensurable, balance at distances reciprocally proportional to the magnitudes. Archimedes
Two magnitudes whether commensurable or incommensurable, balance at distances reciprocally proportional to the magnitudes.
Since the [Cepheid] variables are probably at nearly the same distance from the Earth, their periods are apparently associated with their actual emission of light, as determined by their mass, density, and surface brightness. Henrietta Swan Leavitt
Since the [Cepheid] variables are probably at nearly the same distance from the Earth, their periods are apparently associated with their actual emission of light, as determined by their mass, density, and surface brightness.