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... • 190 173 Refraction of Heat . • 191 173 Absorption of Heat 192 175 Polarization of Heat 193 177 Concluding Remarks . Probable Identity of Heat and Light 194 179 CHAPTER III . - Theory of Exchanges . Explanatory Apparent CONTENTS . xiii.
... • 190 173 Refraction of Heat . • 191 173 Absorption of Heat 192 175 Polarization of Heat 193 177 Concluding Remarks . Probable Identity of Heat and Light 194 179 CHAPTER III . - Theory of Exchanges . Explanatory Apparent CONTENTS . xiii.
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... Absorption of Rock Salt · · Large Radiation from Glass . Selective Radiation from Thin Plates Internal Radiation Defined Amount of Internal Radiation · 205 191 206-207 191 208-209 192 210 193 211-217 194 Equilibrium of Light Rays ...
... Absorption of Rock Salt · · Large Radiation from Glass . Selective Radiation from Thin Plates Internal Radiation Defined Amount of Internal Radiation · 205 191 206-207 191 208-209 192 210 193 211-217 194 Equilibrium of Light Rays ...
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... Absorption . Division of Subject • Absorption of Dark Heat by Different Bodies : - Melloni's Table Remarks on this Table 242 222 · 243 222 244 224 Professor Tyndall's Experiments 245 224 Remarks on these Experiments 246 225 Absorption ...
... Absorption . Division of Subject • Absorption of Dark Heat by Different Bodies : - Melloni's Table Remarks on this Table 242 222 · 243 222 244 224 Professor Tyndall's Experiments 245 224 Remarks on these Experiments 246 225 Absorption ...
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... Absorbed when Salts Dissolve , and the converse Heat Evolved during the Solution of Gases 8. Transmutation of Heat into the f'otential Energy of Chemical Separation • Connection between Heat and the Potential Energy of Elec- 376 345 ...
... Absorbed when Salts Dissolve , and the converse Heat Evolved during the Solution of Gases 8. Transmutation of Heat into the f'otential Energy of Chemical Separation • Connection between Heat and the Potential Energy of Elec- 376 345 ...
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... absorbed heat , which resides in a hot body , and often remains in it for a considerable time ; and we have , in the next place , radiant heat , which is heat in the act of passing through space with a very great velocity . 7. In ...
... absorbed heat , which resides in a hot body , and often remains in it for a considerable time ; and we have , in the next place , radiant heat , which is heat in the act of passing through space with a very great velocity . 7. In ...
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absorbs absorption acid amount of heat antimony aqueous vapour atmosphere bismuth body boiling point Boyle's law Bromine bulb calorimeter carbon carbonic acid chemical coefficient cold colour column condensed conductivity constant temperature dark heat denote density dilatation Dulong and Petit electric enclosure energy equal ether evaporation excess of temperature expansion experiments Fahr flow of heat freezing galvanometer gases Gay Lussac glass gravity heating effect hence high temperature inches of mercury increase instrument iron lamp-black latent heat light liquid luminous means melting metals method millimètres nearly nitrous oxide observed obtained particles pass perature plate polarized pound pressure produced quantity of heat radiant heat radiation rays reflected refrangibility regard Regnault result rock salt shew shewn solid source of heat specific gravity specific heat steam substance suppose surface thermometer tourmaline tube vacuo velocity of cooling vessel volume wave length weight
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Page 82 - ... thermometer, this will very often be sufficient to produce solidification, if not drop in a small crystal. The mass solidifies at once and the temperature rises very considerably. 112. Laws of Fusion. We may thus sum up our results with the following laws of fusion. (1) A substance begins to melt at a temperature, which is constant for the same substance, if the pressure be constant, and is called the melting-point.