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(1) THE property of matter which has always been regarded as most fundamental is “inertia.” This property is adopted as the measure of quantity of matter in dynamics, and the nearest approach to a complete explanation of a physical phenomenon is generally supposed to have been reached when the phenomenon has been shown to be due to the motion of particles possessing inertia. We may say, in fact, that the tendency of nineteenth century physics was to give a purely dynamical explanation of everything. A striking example of this tendency is Maxwell's dynamical theory of the electromagnetic field.
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WILSON, H. (1) Mathematische Einführung in die Elektronentheorie (2) Experimentelle Elektrizitätslehre (3) Leitfaden det Physik für die oberen Klassen der Realanstalten. Nature 72, 170–171 (1905). https://doi.org/10.1038/072170a0
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