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Edition: 1875, pp. 36-49.
Source: http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopediabrit03newyrich
Contributor(s): D.H
Level of progress: Text complete (see notes)
Notes: At least some of the equations have been formatted. The text needs further proofing and formatting. In-text numbering of page boundaries should be moved to HTML comments at least.
Proofreaders: Bob Burkhardt (very partial so far)

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In Maxwell's description of Le Sage gravity, there's this section with a duplicated sentence (I'm on my smart phone, and not in a position to fix it myself):

The velocity of the corpuscules must be enormously greater than that of any of the heavenly bodies, otherwise, as may easily be shown, they would act as a resisting medium opposing the motion of the planets. Now, the energy otherwise, as may easily be shown, they would act as a resisting medium opposing the motion of the planets. Hkyriazi (talk) 22:02, 3 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for noticing! Fixed. In general, drop messages at WS:Scriptorium, because often people don't look at messages in regular talk pages. — Alien  3
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09:46, 4 February 2025 (UTC)Reply