Mathematical and Physical Papers, Volume 2University Press, 1884 - Mathematics |
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... surface , are derived , the energy of this source has been scarcely thought of as a development of me- chanical power . Little more than ten years ago the true relation of heat to force , in every electric , magnetic , and chemical ...
... surface , are derived , the energy of this source has been scarcely thought of as a development of me- chanical power . Little more than ten years ago the true relation of heat to force , in every electric , magnetic , and chemical ...
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... surface from the interior , and perhaps requires limitation . For it might be supposed that , as the Sun is no doubt a melted mass , the brightness of his surface is constantly refreshed by incandescent fluid rushing from below to take ...
... surface from the interior , and perhaps requires limitation . For it might be supposed that , as the Sun is no doubt a melted mass , the brightness of his surface is constantly refreshed by incandescent fluid rushing from below to take ...
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... surface with velocities which they have acquired by his attraction . This is a form of what may be called the Gravitation Theory of Solar Heat , which is itself included in the general meteoric theory . The objects of the present ...
... surface with velocities which they have acquired by his attraction . This is a form of what may be called the Gravitation Theory of Solar Heat , which is itself included in the general meteoric theory . The objects of the present ...
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... surface . Also , it is easy to prove dynamically that meteors falling into the Sun , whatever may have been their previous state of motion , must enter his atmosphere , or strike his surface , with , on the whole , immensely greater ...
... surface . Also , it is easy to prove dynamically that meteors falling into the Sun , whatever may have been their previous state of motion , must enter his atmosphere , or strike his surface , with , on the whole , immensely greater ...
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... surface . - 2781 thermal units per The mechanical value of this ( obtained by multiplying it by Joule's equivalent , 1390 ) is 83.4 × 2 95,000,000 441,000 = 386,900 ft . lbs . Now if , as Mr Waterston supposes , a meteor either strikes ...
... surface . - 2781 thermal units per The mechanical value of this ( obtained by multiplying it by Joule's equivalent , 1390 ) is 83.4 × 2 95,000,000 441,000 = 386,900 ft . lbs . Now if , as Mr Waterston supposes , a meteor either strikes ...
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