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ABSTRACT THE history of the physical sciences offers many examples of theories which have been ‘proved’ mathematically and been set as foundation-stones in the edifice of science, only long

after and when a superstructure has been reared upon them to be abandoned as untenable. The operation of taking out a ‘foundation stone of science’ presents all the difficulties which are

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Article Open access 01 December 2021 AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Ann Arbor, Michigan WM. H. HOBBS Authors * WM. H. HOBBS View author publications You can also search for

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