Natural philosophy, tr. and ed. from Cours élémentaire de physique by E. Atkinson1884 |
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... weight . A piece of carmine not larger than a grain of corn gives a distinct colour to two gallons of water ; from ... weights of the elements which combine with each other , would lead us to believe that a limit does exist . It is on ...
... weight . A piece of carmine not larger than a grain of corn gives a distinct colour to two gallons of water ; from ... weights of the elements which combine with each other , would lead us to believe that a limit does exist . It is on ...
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... weight the volume of its pores may be determined . The porosity of gold was demonstrated by the celebrated Florentine experiment made in 1661. Some academicians at Flo- rence , wishing to try whether water was compressible , filled a ...
... weight the volume of its pores may be determined . The porosity of gold was demonstrated by the celebrated Florentine experiment made in 1661. Some academicians at Flo- rence , wishing to try whether water was compressible , filled a ...
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... weight , fig . 6 , the construction . of which will be at once understood , is an application of the elasticity of springs ; the dynamometer ( fig . 9 ) also depends on the elasticity of a steel band . Lastly , it is in consequence of ...
... weight , fig . 6 , the construction . of which will be at once understood , is an application of the elasticity of springs ; the dynamometer ( fig . 9 ) also depends on the elasticity of a steel band . Lastly , it is in consequence of ...
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... weight , universal gravitation , and the motion of liquids and gases , it is first of all necessary to explain some very elementary principles of motion and force . A body is said to be at rest when it remains in the same place ; to be ...
... weight , universal gravitation , and the motion of liquids and gases , it is first of all necessary to explain some very elementary principles of motion and force . A body is said to be at rest when it remains in the same place ; to be ...
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... weight is 100 ounces for instance , B Fig . 7 . D it will be found that weights must be added to the scale - pan , until the total weight is about 50 ounces , in order to move the box in a horizontal direction along the table . If the ...
... weight is 100 ounces for instance , B Fig . 7 . D it will be found that weights must be added to the scale - pan , until the total weight is about 50 ounces , in order to move the box in a horizontal direction along the table . If the ...
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Página 59 - Pressure exerted anywhere upon a mass of liquid is transmitted undiminished in all directions, and acts with the same force on all equal surfaces and in a direction at right angles to those surfaces. To get a clearer idea of the truth of this principle, let us conceive a
Página 90 - The unit of the measure of capacity is the litre or cubic decimetre. The unit of weight is the gramme, which is the weight of a cubic centimetre of distilled water at 4° C. The kilogramme contains 1,000 grammes, or is the weight of a decimetre of distilled water at 4° C. The gramme equals 15-443 grains.
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Página 115 - It is in England commonly called Boyle's law, and, on the Continent, Mariotte's law. It is as follows :— ' The temperature remaining the same, the -volume of a given quantity of gas is inversely as the pressure which it bears? This law
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Página 537 - propounded a most ingenious theory, based on the analogy which exists between solenoids and magnets, by which all magnetic phenomena may be referred to electrodynamical principles. Instead of attributing magnetic phenomena to the existence of two fluids, Ampere assumed that each individual molecule of a magnetic substance is traversed by a closed electric current.
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Página 307 - Faraday calculated that the average amount of heat radiated in a day on each acre of ground in the latitude of London is equal to that which would be produced by the combustion of sixty sacks of coal.