The Conservation of EnergyD. Appleton, 1875 - 239 páginas |
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... difference being that in the one case the two objects are rushing together , while in the other they are rushing apart . Inasmuch , how- ever , as the mass of the earth is very great compared with that of the stone , it follows that its ...
... difference being that in the one case the two objects are rushing together , while in the other they are rushing apart . Inasmuch , how- ever , as the mass of the earth is very great compared with that of the stone , it follows that its ...
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... difference between the two ? We have a vivid perception of a mighty difference , and it only remains for us to clothe our naked impressions in a properly fitting scientific garb . The something which the rifle ball possesses in contra ...
... difference between the two ? We have a vivid perception of a mighty difference , and it only remains for us to clothe our naked impressions in a properly fitting scientific garb . The something which the rifle ball possesses in contra ...
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... difference being that particles are heated instead of human beings , or their tempers . 54. We are bound to acknowledge that the proof which we have now given is not a direct one ; indeed , we have , in our first chapter , explained the ...
... difference being that particles are heated instead of human beings , or their tempers . 54. We are bound to acknowledge that the proof which we have now given is not a direct one ; indeed , we have , in our first chapter , explained the ...
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... difference . But suppose a sound or a noise enters his ear , he may say with truth that something has entered , but yet that something is not matter , nor will he become one whit heavier in consequence of its entrance , and he will ...
... difference . But suppose a sound or a noise enters his ear , he may say with truth that something has entered , but yet that something is not matter , nor will he become one whit heavier in consequence of its entrance , and he will ...
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... difference in the weight of any substance . It is the gravitation of the earth , lessened of course by distance , which acts upon the moon 240,000 miles away , and the gravitation of the sun influences in like manner the earth and the ...
... difference in the weight of any substance . It is the gravitation of the earth , lessened of course by distance , which acts upon the moon 240,000 miles away , and the gravitation of the sun influences in like manner the earth and the ...
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Conservation of Energy: Being an Elementary Treatise on Energy and Its Laws Balfour Stewart Visualização integral - 1873 |
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absorbed heat action actual motion albuminoids ALEXANDER BAIN amount amyloids animal Aristotle atoms attraction battery bismuth body carbonic acid carnivora cause changed into heat chemical affinity chemical compounds chemical force chemical separation CO₂ coal combustion conservation of energy correlation decompose decomposition dextrine difference direction earth electric current electrical separation energy of position equal existence expenditure fact force of cohesion friction galvanometer glass gravity head of water high temperature instance Joule kilogramme kilogramme of water kind machine magnet mass means mental metres mind molecular molecules moving nature organic matter oxidation oxygen particles peculiar perpetual motion phenomena physical forces piston plane plants poles principle produced quantity radiant energy raise rays regard rubbed scientific spent substance suppose takes place tion tissues transmutation of energy tricity truth ultimately units upwards vegetable velocity visible energy visible motion vital force weight wire zinc
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Página 217 - When, as in pure feeling — pleasure or pain — we change to the subject attitude from the object attitude, we have undergone a change not to be expressed by place ; the fact is not properly described by the transition from the external to the internal, for that is still a change in the region of the extended. The only adequate expression is a change of state : a change from the state of the extended cognition to a state of unextended cognition.
Página 212 - From the ingress of a sensation, to the outgoing responses in action, the mental succession is not for an instant dissevered from a physical succession.
Página 135 - Aristotle decides that there is no void, on such arguments as this:' — In a void there could be no difference of up and down; for as in nothing there are no differences, so there are none in a privation or negation...