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WE know a great deal about many of the fundamental properties of matter, and our knowledge enables us to assign limitations on its qualities ; so that whereas improvements in materials are possible, we can assign limits beyond which it is fairly certain that these improvements cannot go. It is proposed here to examine some of the principal limitations of this kind. It is only possible to deal with a few of the chief ones, and the list will include the mechanical properties of solids, liquids and gases and some of their electric and magnetic properties.
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DARWIN, C. THE EXTREME PROPERTIES OF MATTER*. Nature 151, 237–242 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151237a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/151237a0