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Scientific Nomenclature

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SOME time ago Mr. “John O'Toole,” in the columns of NATURE, waged war against that hideous monstrosity Potential Energy, and he very aptly summarised his case against this term by saying that it involves, by the very signification of words, “a double remotion from actuality.”

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    GEORGE M. MINCHIN

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MINCHIN, G. Scientific Nomenclature. Nature 34, 76 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034076a0

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