Word: substantia
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...meeting of the Chemical club last evening Mr. Crawley read a very interesting paper on the principal theories of the construction of matter. The first thing in regard to the construction of matter of which we have any account is what may be called the "substantia" theory which maintains that all matter had for its basis a certain principle, a substance, and the various forms in which matter exists are the results of different influences brought to bear upon the primary substance. This theory was superseded by the four element theories of the school of Aristotle which taught that...
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