An Elementary Treatise on Heat |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 68
Page v
... facts and principles of the Science of ' Heat , ' and also to give some of the most prominent practical applications of our knowledge of this subject . His object has been to begin with the study of well- ascertained facts and to ...
... facts and principles of the Science of ' Heat , ' and also to give some of the most prominent practical applications of our knowledge of this subject . His object has been to begin with the study of well- ascertained facts and to ...
Page vi
... facts which their employment as instruments of research is constantly bringing to light . A few words with regard to the mode in which the subject of temperature is viewed . Some eminent philosophers are of opinion that our methods of ...
... facts which their employment as instruments of research is constantly bringing to light . A few words with regard to the mode in which the subject of temperature is viewed . Some eminent philosophers are of opinion that our methods of ...
Page vii
... fact that we may use any permanent gas we choose for our air ther- mometer , and yet obtain results as nearly as may be identical with one another if all our instruments are read on the same principle ; while , on the other hand , the ...
... fact that we may use any permanent gas we choose for our air ther- mometer , and yet obtain results as nearly as may be identical with one another if all our instruments are read on the same principle ; while , on the other hand , the ...
Page 2
... fact that the contact of a cold solid , liquid , or gaseous , will cause the latter to part with some of its heat . But this is not the only way by which heat may reach us ; for we derive a very considerable amount from the sun ...
... fact that the contact of a cold solid , liquid , or gaseous , will cause the latter to part with some of its heat . But this is not the only way by which heat may reach us ; for we derive a very considerable amount from the sun ...
Page 3
... facts . But the study of radiant heat enables us to pronounce with a near approach to certainty that this influence is not a substance ejected from a hot body , but rather a description of undulatory motion transmitted through a medium ...
... facts . But the study of radiant heat enables us to pronounce with a near approach to certainty that this influence is not a substance ejected from a hot body , but rather a description of undulatory motion transmitted through a medium ...
Contents
53 | |
65 | |
80 | |
86 | |
93 | |
100 | |
108 | |
117 | |
120 | |
135 | |
154 | |
159 | |
160 | |
175 | |
181 | |
186 | |
250 | |
255 | |
256 | |
276 | |
282 | |
301 | |
305 | |
307 | |
316 | |
326 | |
341 | |
347 | |
354 | |
362 | |
370 | |
377 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
Page 304 - That the quantity of heat produced by the friction of bodies, whether solid or liquid, is always proportional to the quantity of force expended.
Page 66 - The straight line or distance between the centres of the transverse lines in the two gold plugs in the bronze bar deposited in the Office of the Exchequer shall be the genuine standard of length at 62° F., and if lost it shall be replaced by means of its copies.
Page 66 - May one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, the Straight Line or Distance between the Centres of the Two Points in the Gold Studs in the Straight Brass Rod, now in the Custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the Words and Figures
Page 80 - ... passing from the solid to the liquid, and from the liquid to the gaseous form, or the contrary, occasioning endless vicissitudes of temperature over the globe.
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.