elementary treatise on nautral philosophy1873 |
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... latter , while eminently adapted to form the habit of strict reasoning , scarcely affords any exercise for the critical faculty which plays so important a part in the physical sciences . In Physics we are called upon , not to deduce ...
... latter , while eminently adapted to form the habit of strict reasoning , scarcely affords any exercise for the critical faculty which plays so important a part in the physical sciences . In Physics we are called upon , not to deduce ...
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... latter science , in fact , has for its object the study of phenomena in which the essential character of materials seems to be changed ; phenomena in which matter seems to be destroyed , or at least metamorphosed . If we take a piece of ...
... latter science , in fact , has for its object the study of phenomena in which the essential character of materials seems to be changed ; phenomena in which matter seems to be destroyed , or at least metamorphosed . If we take a piece of ...
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... latter case a certain length ( as an inch ) being taken to represent a certain force B Fig . 1 . F ( as the weight of a pound ) . It is usual to indicate the direction of a force by a line AF with which the direction of the force ...
... latter case a certain length ( as an inch ) being taken to represent a certain force B Fig . 1 . F ( as the weight of a pound ) . It is usual to indicate the direction of a force by a line AF with which the direction of the force ...
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... latter tends to urge the boat obliquely towards the left of the figure . But as the boat can be moved much more easily in the direction of its length than in any other direction , we may resolve this latter force into two components : one ...
... latter tends to urge the boat obliquely towards the left of the figure . But as the boat can be moved much more easily in the direction of its length than in any other direction , we may resolve this latter force into two components : one ...
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a. privat deschanel. may resolve this latter force into two components : one perpendicular to the length , which has little effect ; the other in the direction of the length , which produces the forward movement of the boat in the ...
a. privat deschanel. may resolve this latter force into two components : one perpendicular to the length , which has little effect ; the other in the direction of the length , which produces the forward movement of the boat in the ...
Términos y frases comunes
acid action amount angle apparatus atmosphere atmospheric pressure axis barometer battery body Boyle's law called calorimeter carbonic acid centre of gravity circuit coil column compressed condensation conductor connected consists copper cylinder denote density diminished direction distance earth effect electricity electro-motive force employed equal equilibrium expansion experiment formula gases given glass globe Hence horizontal hygrometer inch increase instrument insulated latent heat length lens Leyden jar light liquid lower machine magnet means measured mercury metal millimetres mirror motion needle negative observed obtained opposite parallel particles passes pendulum piston placed plane plate pole portion position potential pressure produced proportional quantity ratio rays reflected refraction represented in Fig resistance result rotation side solid specific gravity specific heat steam substance sulphuric acid suppose surface telescope temperature tension thermometer tion tube vapour velocity vertical vessel vibrations volume weight wire zinc
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Página 286 - Its banks and its bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current is more rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon, and its volume more than a thousand times greater.
Página 499 - It is better, on this account, in graduating the bottle, to make two scratches as represented in the drawing, one at the top and the other at the bottom of the curve : this prevents any future mistake.
Página 437 - Q are related by р/с' = constant, where y is the ratio of specific heat at constant pressure to specific heat at constant volume, for compressible fluids.
Página 633 - Unlike sea water, brackish waters differ in quality, quantity, and composition not only from place to place, but also from time to time even at a given location.
Página 910 - R' P', SP, will have a constant ratio ; or the sines of the angles of incidence and refraction are in a constant ratio.
Página 218 - The resistance which is opposed to a pump rod in raising water, is ~equal to the weight of a column of water whose base is the area of the piston, and...
Página 315 - A GLACIER is AN IMPERFECT FLUID, OR A VISCOUS BODY. WHICH IS URGED DOWN SLOPES OF A CERTAIN INCLINATION BY THE MUTUAL PRESSURE OF ITS PARTS.
Página 9 - The principle of inertia is an abstract principle which must be considered as applicable to a single isolated particle. It may be enounced in the following terms: — An isolated 'material point cannot change its state, whether of rest or motion. That is to say, if it be at rest it will remain at rest; if it be in motion it will continue to move in the same direction and with the same velocity.
Página 92 - If a vessel full of water, closed on all sides, has two openings, the one a hundred times as large as the other, and if each be supplied with a piston which fits exactly, a man pushing the small piston will exert a force which will equilibrate that of a hundred men pushing the Pig. 49.— Pascal's Principle. piston which is a hundred times as large, and will overcome that of ninety-nine.
Página 71 - It is the curve which is traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls along a straight line. The...