Medieval Explanations and Interpretations of the Dictum that ‘Nature Abhors a Vacuum’

Of the numerous real and hypothetical experimental illustrations invoked against the existence of natural and artifical vacua during the Latin Middle Ages, two may be singled out as especially prominent: the clepsydra and the separation of two surfaces. The descriptions and explanations of these two...

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Main Author: Grant, Edward (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press 1973
In: Traditio
Year: 1973, Volume: 29, Pages: 327-355
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