A body can only act immediately on what it is in contact with; it must be by the action of contiguous particles-that is, practically, through a continuous medium, that force can be transmitted across space. (Oliver Lodge)

A body can only act immediately on what it is in contact with; it must be by the action of contiguous particles-that is, practically, through a continuous medium, that force can be transmitted across space.

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