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Quote: nature's resistance to a void is part of what holds a solid together

topics > all references > references g-h > QuoteRef: galiG_1638 , p. 59 [Salviati]



Topic:
Newtonian physics
Topic:
metaphysics and epistemology

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I shall speak first of the void, showing … whenever we wish that two slabs of marble, … by sliding, a sure argument that nothing gluey … resistance; for the upper slab … holds [the lower slab] permanently even if it is large … time, the void space that must exist between … that space. … Doubtless the resistance that is so sensibly perceived … attachment at least to some extent, and as …   Google-1   Google-2

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