Conservation of Energy: Being an Elementary Treatise on Energy and Its LawsKing, 1873 - 180 páginas |
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... Coal 197 143 ... ( 2 ) Food . 199 145 ... ( 3 ) Head of Water 200 146 ... ( 4 ) Tidal Energy . 201 146 ... ( 5 ) Native Sulphur , & c . 202 147 ( 6 ) Air and Water in Motion 203 147 ... These come chiefly from the Sun 203 147 The Sun ...
... Coal 197 143 ... ( 2 ) Food . 199 145 ... ( 3 ) Head of Water 200 146 ... ( 4 ) Tidal Energy . 201 146 ... ( 5 ) Native Sulphur , & c . 202 147 ( 6 ) Air and Water in Motion 203 147 ... These come chiefly from the Sun 203 147 The Sun ...
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... coal , will remain unchanged in the presence of oxygen , or of atmospheric air containing oxygen . There will be no tendency to combine together , because although the particles of the oxygen would appear to be in immediate contact with ...
... coal , will remain unchanged in the presence of oxygen , or of atmospheric air containing oxygen . There will be no tendency to combine together , because although the particles of the oxygen would appear to be in immediate contact with ...
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... coal , for instance , were to combine with oxygen without the ap- plication of heat , it would greatly alter the value of this fuel to mankind , and would materially check the progress of human industry . Remarks on Molecular and Atomic ...
... coal , for instance , were to combine with oxygen without the ap- plication of heat , it would greatly alter the value of this fuel to mankind , and would materially check the progress of human industry . Remarks on Molecular and Atomic ...
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... coal as a source of energy . Coal , or carbon , has a great attraction for oxygen , and whenever heat is applied the two bodies unite together . Now oxygen , as it exists in the atmosphere , is the common inheritance of all , and if ...
... coal as a source of energy . Coal , or carbon , has a great attraction for oxygen , and whenever heat is applied the two bodies unite together . Now oxygen , as it exists in the atmosphere , is the common inheritance of all , and if ...
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... coal . We thus perceive that it is not the coal , by itself , that forms the source of energy , but this is due to the fact that we have coal , or carbon , in one place , and oxygen in another , while we have also the means of causing ...
... coal . We thus perceive that it is not the coal , by itself , that forms the source of energy , but this is due to the fact that we have coal , or carbon , in one place , and oxygen in another , while we have also the means of causing ...
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