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Physics [29] underwent a profound transformation in the eighteenth century. No longer content to consider division, shape and movement in matter, attractive and repulsive action between the various particles of bodies was countenanced. It had been Cartesian or Epicurean; now it was Newtonian.
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Duhem, P. (2002). The Notion of a Mixt in the Eighteenth Century up to the Chemical Revolution: The Newtonian School. In: Mixture and Chemical Combination. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 223. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2292-6_3
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