In your letter you apply the word imponderable to a molecule. Don't do that again. It may also … - James Clerk Maxwell

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James Clerk Maxwell

In your letter you apply the word imponderable to a molecule. Don't do that again. It may also be worth knowing that the aether cannot be molecular. If it were, it would be a gas, and a pint of it would have the same properties as regards heat, etc. , as a pint of air, except that it would not be so heavy.

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