The Conservation of Energy |
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absorbed heat action actual motion albuminoids amount amyloids animal atoms attraction BALFOUR STEWART battery body carbonic acid carnivora 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 Illustrations instance JOSEPH LE CONTE Joule kilogramme kilogramme of water kind machine magnet mass means mental metres mind molecular molecules moving nature organic matter oxidation oxygen particles peculiar phenomena physical forces piston plane plants poles principle produced Professor quantity radiant energy raise rays regard rubbed spent substance suppose takes place tion tissues transmutation of energy tricity truth ultimately units universe various vegetable velocity visible energy visible motion vital force weight wire zinc
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Página 164 - Oh ! o'er the eye death most exerts his might, And hurls the spirit from her throne of light ! Sinks those blue orbs in that long last eclipse, But spares, as yet, the charm around her lips...
Página 217 - A human being is an extended and material thing, attached to which is the power of becoming alive to feeling and thought, the extreme remove from all that is material ; a condition of trance wherein, while it lasts, the material drops out of view — so much so, that we have not the power to represent the two extremes as lying side by side, as container and contained, or in any other mode of local conjunction. The condition of our existing thoroughly in the one, is the momentary eclipse or extinction...
Página 60 - Now, heterogeneity is an essential element of this latter force — there must be a difference of some kind before it can exhibit itself — and under these circumstances its exhibitions are frequently characterized by very extraordinary and interesting phenomena. We allude to that peculiar exhibition arising out of the forces of heterogenous bodies which we call electricity, and, before proceeding further, it may not be out of place to give a short sketch of the mode of action of this very mysterious,...
Página 211 - In. the second place, we have every reason for believing that there is, in company with all our mental processes, an unbroken material succession. 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.