Project Gutenberg 2008-02-22 Public domain in the USA. 138 Hooper, William George Aether and Gravitation Philosophy 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. E-text prepared by Barbara Tozier, Ronnie Sahlberg, Bill Tozier, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "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.) en Force and energy Ether (Space) Gravitation Matter QC Text Browsing: Science - General 1184204 1184050 2024-09-10T12:38:38.189910 2023-09-11T05:53:38.285371 text/html text/html 1161881 2008-02-22T13:30:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 712539 2021-01-03T08:43:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 812329 2024-09-10T12:38:56.793799 application/epub+zip 831358 2024-09-10T12:38:42.927900 application/epub+zip 424895 2024-09-10T12:38:40.556925 application/epub+zip 1210806 2024-09-10T12:39:06.193788 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1089483 2024-09-10T12:38:54.139833 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 687042 2022-09-11T11:19:53.559663 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 996487 996377 2024-09-10T12:38:35.584955 2023-09-11T05:53:35.547366 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 996149 2021-01-03T08:43:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 304339 2021-01-03T08:43:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 996249 2021-01-03T08:43:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 304308 2021-01-03T08:43:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20253 2024-09-10T12:39:06.358753 application/rdf+xml 14020 2024-09-10T12:38:41.036879 image/jpeg 3727 2024-09-10T12:38:40.798901 image/jpeg 774532 2024-09-10T12:38:38.337932 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog