Divisibility

Divisibility is that property in virtue of which the whole may be broken up into parts. This process of division may be conceived to be carried on indefinitely so far as space is concerned. But the question of infinite divisibility as applied to matter at once raises the further question of the existence or non-existence of atoms (see ATOM). The actual division of matter may be carried on to a great extent. A thickly gilt silver rod has been drawn out into a fine wire still covered with a continuous coating of gold, the thickness of which must have been about $\backslash frac\{1\}\{45000000\}$th of an inch. A small particle of common salt placed in a flame will colour it for some hours; and one grain of musk can scent, by its slow evaporation, the air of a room for years.