Caloric: Its Mechanical, Chemical and Vital Agencies in the Phenomena of Nature, Band 1J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1859 - 630 Seiten |
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... less remarkable for simplicity , than for the wide extent of their application ; and that when fully unfolded , they will be self - evident propositions . It is true enough , that the most familiar phenomena of nature , when viewed ...
... less remarkable for simplicity , than for the wide extent of their application ; and that when fully unfolded , they will be self - evident propositions . It is true enough , that the most familiar phenomena of nature , when viewed ...
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... less than an absolute conquest of the centre and capitol of the sciences . But it is only a small band of intellectual heroes , whose minds have been kindled with fire from the altar of genius , that are capable of understanding the ...
... less than an absolute conquest of the centre and capitol of the sciences . But it is only a small band of intellectual heroes , whose minds have been kindled with fire from the altar of genius , that are capable of understanding the ...
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... less heat is evolved by the friction of bodies in pro- portion to their hardness , as when two pieces of rock- crystal are rubbed together . It is therefore evident , that caloric is not generated de novo , by the friction of rubbing ...
... less heat is evolved by the friction of bodies in pro- portion to their hardness , as when two pieces of rock- crystal are rubbed together . It is therefore evident , that caloric is not generated de novo , by the friction of rubbing ...
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... less elastic , and therefore contain less of the elastic ether termed caloric . It also moves with greater velocity through water than glass , and more swiftly through either than through rocks and metals , if we make allowance for the ...
... less elastic , and therefore contain less of the elastic ether termed caloric . It also moves with greater velocity through water than glass , and more swiftly through either than through rocks and metals , if we make allowance for the ...
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... less aroused by the grandeur of the sun , rising in pomp and might , filling the world with beau- tiful creations , and diffusing everywhere the spirit of gladness , than by a passing meteor of the night . That the whole theory of ...
... less aroused by the grandeur of the sun , rising in pomp and might , filling the world with beau- tiful creations , and diffusing everywhere the spirit of gladness , than by a passing meteor of the night . That the whole theory of ...
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according affinity agency of caloric agent amount of caloric animal heat aqueous vapour arterial blood atmo atmosphere atomic weight augmented bodies brain caloric caloric and electricity camphene capillary carbonic acid cause chemical action chemical affinity chlorine chyle circulation coagulation cohesion cold combination combustion composed compound condensation copper Davy diminished disengaged earth elastic force elec elements equal ether evaporation experiments fact fibrin gaseous gases Hippocrates hydrochloric acid hydrogen inches iodine John Herschel latitudes light liquids lungs maintained mercury metals motion muscular nature nerves nervous Newton nitric acid nitrogen observed ocean organs owing oxidation oxygen particles phenomena philosophers phosphorus physiologists planets polar ponderable matter portion pounds principle produced proportion quantities of caloric radiation rain regarded respiration salts solar solid solution specific gravity steam sulphur sulphuric acid supposed temperature theory tion tricity tropical venous blood vital volatile voltaic volume winds
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Seite 159 - That gravity should be innate, inherent and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking can ever fall into it.
Seite 439 - ... suscipit Anchises atque ordine singula pandit. 'principio caelum ac terras camposque liquentes lucentemque globum Lunae Titaniaque astra Spiritus intus alit, totamque infusa per artus mens agitat molem, et magno se corpore miscet.
Seite 430 - Ring out, ye crystal spheres ! Once bless our human ears (If ye have power to touch our senses so), And let your silver chime Move in melodious time ; And let the bass of heaven's deep organ blow; And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
Seite 235 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
Seite 36 - The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
Seite 425 - The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep.
Seite 158 - You sometimes speak of gravity as essential and inherent to matter. Pray do not ascribe that notion to me, for the cause of gravity is what I do not pretend to know, and therefore would take more time to consider of it.
Seite 558 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent!
Seite 48 - The squares of the periodic times of any two planets are to each other, in the same proportion as the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.
Seite 157 - And to shew that I do not take Gravity for an essential Property of Bodies, I have added one Question concerning its Cause, chusing to propose it by way of a Question, because I am not yet satisfied about it for want of Experiments.