Les Météores

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Les Météores

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In “Les Météores”(“Meteorology,” an essay published in the book Discours de la methode in 1637), Descartes envisioned water as composed of minute particles that were elongate, smooth, and separated by a highly rarified “subtle matter.”
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In “Les Météores”(“Meteorology,” an essay published in the book Discours de la methode in 1637), Descartes envisioned water as composed of minute particles that were elongate, smooth, and separated by a highly rarified “subtle matter.”
Read More