An Inquiry Into the Nature of Heat: And Into Its Mode of Action in the Phenomena of Combustion, Vaporisation, &cE. & F.N. Spon, 1863 - 99 pages |
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... known phys- ical facts , may serve a most useful purpose in explaining the action of Heat ; especially if it embrace in an intel- ligible sequence of cause and effect , the phenomena of freezing , thawing , boiling , vaporisation ...
... known phys- ical facts , may serve a most useful purpose in explaining the action of Heat ; especially if it embrace in an intel- ligible sequence of cause and effect , the phenomena of freezing , thawing , boiling , vaporisation ...
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... known rate of the expansion of gases by Heat , that at this temperature , a " perfect gas " would lose its elasticity and become either a liquid or a solid . The liquefaction or even the solidification of air , would not , however ...
... known rate of the expansion of gases by Heat , that at this temperature , a " perfect gas " would lose its elasticity and become either a liquid or a solid . The liquefaction or even the solidification of air , would not , however ...
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... known very long ago ; but Joule appears to have been the first to pro- perly connect this fact with that of the retention of Heat during adynamic expansion . He had assigned a dynamic value - 838 foot - pounds , subsequently corrected ...
... known very long ago ; but Joule appears to have been the first to pro- perly connect this fact with that of the retention of Heat during adynamic expansion . He had assigned a dynamic value - 838 foot - pounds , subsequently corrected ...
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... known possibility . An hypothesis , if presented for our conception only , may be entertained , just as we acknowledge an introduction of ceremony to a person whom we are likely never to meet again ; but when our belief is invited ...
... known possibility . An hypothesis , if presented for our conception only , may be entertained , just as we acknowledge an introduction of ceremony to a person whom we are likely never to meet again ; but when our belief is invited ...
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... known fact or admitted law in nature , nor has this requisite analogy been yet supplied . Apart from the difficulty of entertaining the motory hypothesis , it is , apparently , irreconcilable with the fol- lowing among other facts ...
... known fact or admitted law in nature , nor has this requisite analogy been yet supplied . Apart from the difficulty of entertaining the motory hypothesis , it is , apparently , irreconcilable with the fol- lowing among other facts ...
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action of Heat adopted amount of Heat appear Arthur Phillips atmos atoms of Heat atoms of water attractive forces bodies bottom Boyle's law bubbles centre chemical affinity cohesion combustion compressed conceive conception considered corresponding cubic cubic foot definite direction distance earth elastic atmospheres electricity equal escape evaporation exerted expansion fact gaseous gases globule gravitating force greater hydrogen hypothesis of Heat impart increase infinite Institute Civil Engineers iron Joseph Gibbs latent Heat liquefaction liquid lunar mass material matter mechanical molecular motion moon motory hypothesis mutual attraction nadir nuclei opposite forces original overcoming oxygen particle of water pressure quantity of Heat reception of Heat remain repel repulsive force resistance result rise sensible solar solid source of Heat space specific Heat steam substance supposed supposition surface tangential component temperature thermometer ticles tion total Heat transmission vaporised particle velocity vessel of water vortical vortical motion weight ZERAH COLBURN
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Page 68 - are due to a modification, by the electric current, of the chemical affinity of the particles through or by which that current is passing, giving them the power of acting more forcibly in one direction than in another, and consequently making them travel by a series of successive decompositions and recompositions in opposite directions, and finally causing their expulsion or exclusion at the boundaries of the body under decomposition.