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Page 83
It does not radiate like light ; nor does it propagate itself by its own individual vibrations : but it chemically combines with the particles of the elastic fluid , ( be it air , atmospherical or hydrogenous , ) and , by suddenly ...
It does not radiate like light ; nor does it propagate itself by its own individual vibrations : but it chemically combines with the particles of the elastic fluid , ( be it air , atmospherical or hydrogenous , ) and , by suddenly ...
Page 84
If a body be exposed to the sun's rays , it will , in every possible case , be found to indicate a measure of heat exactly proportioned to the quantity of light which it has absorbed . ' We do not find this fact firmly established : it ...
If a body be exposed to the sun's rays , it will , in every possible case , be found to indicate a measure of heat exactly proportioned to the quantity of light which it has absorbed . ' We do not find this fact firmly established : it ...
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We must not , however , pass over in silence the photometer , or an instrument for measuring the intensity of light ; which , in the principle of its construction , resembles the differential thermometer and hygrometer constructed by ...
We must not , however , pass over in silence the photometer , or an instrument for measuring the intensity of light ; which , in the principle of its construction , resembles the differential thermometer and hygrometer constructed by ...
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