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100 1 _aHooper, William George
245 1 0 _aAether and Gravitation
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2008
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2008-02-22
505 0 _aPhilosophy of gravitation -- Matter -- Aether -- Energy -- Heat, a mode of motion -- Light, a mode of motion -- Aether and electricity -- Aether and magnetism -- Aether and Newton's laws of motion -- Aether and Kepler's laws -- Aether and comets -- Aether and starry world -- Aether and the universe.
508 _aE-text prepared by Barbara Tozier, Ronnie Sahlberg, Bill Tozier, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
520 _a"Aether and Gravitation" by William George Hooper is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The book addresses significant questions regarding the nature of gravity and the aether, which Hooper argues must be understood to explain the universal attraction of gravity. Through his exploration of scientific principles, he aims to propose a new theory of the aether that reconciles past observations with modern physics. At the start of "Aether and Gravitation," the author outlines the long-standing question about the physical cause of gravity since Newton's introduction of universal gravitation. Hooper critiques the concept of "action at a distance" and emphasizes the need for a medium to explain gravitational attraction. He discusses philosophical rules for hypothesis formulation, asserting that current aether theories contradict fundamental principles. These rules guide his argument, setting the stage for a detailed examination of aether's characteristics and proposing that this medium must possess properties akin to matter to account for the complexities of gravitational phenomena and other physical forces. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aForce and energy
653 _aEther (Space)
653 _aGravitation
653 _aMatter
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24667
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