【英语翻译TheTentamenisoneofthemostoriginalandimportantbooksinthehistoryofelectricity.Itisthefirstreasoned,fruitfulexpositionofelectricalphenomenabasedonaction-at-a-distance.Aepinusemphaticallyrejectsthecurrentnotion】

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　　TheTentamenisoneofthemostoriginalandimportantbooksinthehistoryofelectricity.Itisthefirstreasoned,fruitfulexpositionofelectricalphenomenabasedonaction-at-a-distance.Aepinusemphaticallyrejectsthecurrentnotionofelectricalatmospheres.Notthathebelievesthatbodiesactwheretheyarenot;hemerelytakesliterallyNewton’spreceptsaboutnaturalphilosophy,anddeducesthephenomenafromcertainassumedforces,withoutinquiringintothemannerinwhichtheforcesthemselvesmightbeeffected.Threesuchforces,accordingtohim,createalltheappearancesofelectricity:arepulsionbetweentheparticlesoftheelectricfluid,anattractionbetweenthemandthecorpusclesofcommonmatter,andarepulsionbetweenthecorpuscles.Thislastisnecessarytopreventunelectrifiedbodies—bodieswiththeirnormalcomplementofelectricalfluid—fromattractingoneanother.Aepinusobservesthatalthoughsucharepulsionmightappeartoconflictwithuniversalgravitationthereisnoreasonnottosupposeseveraltypesofforcesbetweenmattercorpuscles,andinfactthephenomenarequireit.Asforthelawofforce,itisproportionaltotheexcessordeficiencyoffluid,andthesameforallpairsofparticlesandcorpuscles.Aepinusdoesnotpretendtoknowitspreciseform.Analogy,hethinks,favorstheinversesquare,whichheusesinonenumericalapplication;butgenerallyheleavesthematteropen,thegreatunansweredquestioninelectricaltheory.