 Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the object, which produces In us that sensation, from •whence we denominate the object hot; so what in our sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion.  THE WORKS OF JOHN LOCKE - Page 300de J. JOHNSON - 1801Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1881 - 558 pages
...attractive powers.' The philosopher Locke held the same view, and expressed it elegantly, thus : ' What in our sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion.' Bacon's defmition of heat antedates all this, and is no less explicit. His words are : ' When I say... | |
 | Charles Richardson - 1856 - 952 pages
...brisk agita-ER. tion of the insensible parts of the -INO. object; which produces in us that -LESS, sensation, from whence we denominate the object hot...sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion." — Locke. And the r. To cause the sensation of heat ; to warm ; to inflame; to kindle; (met) to inflame,... | |
 | Joseph Jones - 1859 - 444 pages
...Suggestions for the Interpretation of Nature, by Francis Lord Verulam. London, William Pickering, 1850. 2 " Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts...whence we denominate the object hot ; so what in our own sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion." — JOHN LOCKE. 3 The first approximate... | |
 | American Medical Association - 1859 - 740 pages
...Suggestions/or the Interpretation of Nature, by Francis Lord Verulam. London, William Pickering, 1850. 3 " Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts...whence we denominate the object hot ; so what in our own sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion." — JOHN LOCKE. ' The first approximate... | |
 | John Pringle Nichol - 1860 - 942 pages
...centuries have passed since Locke gave a definition of heat, which he probably derived from Bacon. — " Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts...sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion." If we add Newton's definition that the force possessed by matter is its power to persevere in its state... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1863 - 538 pages
...held a view of this kind,* and Locke stated a similar view with singular felicity. ' Heat,' he says, ' is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the object, which produce in us that sensation from whence we denominate the object hot : so what in our sensation is... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1863 - 500 pages
...held a view of this kind,* and Locke stated a similar view with singular felicity. ' Heat ' he says, ' is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the object, which produce in us that sensation from whence we denominate the object hot ; so what in our sensation is... | |
 | John Addison Porter - 1864 - 664 pages
...Eacon long ago suggested that " it is in its essence motion and nothing else." Locke defined it as " a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of...sensation from whence we denominate the object hot." Davy subsequently supported the same view by conclusive experiments. It has since been most ably sustained... | |
 | James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1864 - 626 pages
...quantity of heat was developed, and the question may be asked, " whence did the heat come ?" Locke says, " Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the object, which produce in us that sensation from whence we denominate the object hot : so what in our sensation is... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1864 - 554 pages
...have held the belief that he.it was motion, and Locke expressed the same view concisely as follows : " Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the object, which produce in us that sensation from whence we denominate the object hot ; so that what in our sensation... | |
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