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Communicated by S. G. Brush
I dedicate this essay to Dr. Robert E. Schofield: he was my teacher, and that has made all the difference.
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Topper, D.R. Commitment to mechanism: J. J. Thomson, the early years. Arch. Rational Mech. 7, 393–410 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00327100
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