Lectures on Some Recent Advances in Physical Science with a Special Lecture on Force |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 48
Page ix
... definite grounds for this opinion . ' I am , indeed , curious to know what these grounds can be , seeing that the deduction to which they have led my assailant is so entirely at variance with my own recollections . So far as I am aware ...
... definite grounds for this opinion . ' I am , indeed , curious to know what these grounds can be , seeing that the deduction to which they have led my assailant is so entirely at variance with my own recollections . So far as I am aware ...
Page 8
... definite , and in general very narrow limits , and that after a by no means long series of ages all bodies in the solar system would return to almost precisely their former configura- tion as to position and velocity . Now , in arriving ...
... definite , and in general very narrow limits , and that after a by no means long series of ages all bodies in the solar system would return to almost precisely their former configura- tion as to position and velocity . Now , in arriving ...
Page 29
... definite in amount , and definite in direc- tion ; but a particle cannot be moving in more than one direction at a time , so that what we have to consider is this as Newton virtually tells us that the presence of a second force in no ...
... definite in amount , and definite in direc- tion ; but a particle cannot be moving in more than one direction at a time , so that what we have to consider is this as Newton virtually tells us that the presence of a second force in no ...
Page 30
... definite direction and velocity with which the body is moving . This is an obvious truth ; and the geometrical result is that , If we represent in magnitude and direction one of the two velocities by a line AB , and the second velocity ...
... definite direction and velocity with which the body is moving . This is an obvious truth ; and the geometrical result is that , If we represent in magnitude and direction one of the two velocities by a line AB , and the second velocity ...
Page 37
... definite . But now let us see what this in- volves in the case of Kinetic energy . If a mass were moving with a velocity of 3 southwards , and simultane- ously with a velocity of 4 eastwards : its Kinetic energy , being proportional to ...
... definite . But now let us see what this in- volves in the case of Kinetic energy . If a mass were moving with a velocity of 3 southwards , and simultane- ously with a velocity of 4 eastwards : its Kinetic energy , being proportional to ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
absolutely absorbing absorption amount of heat Ångström applied atmosphere Balfour Stewart black body body boiler bright lines calculate called carbonic acid Carnot's chemical coal gas colder colour compress conducting power conservation of energy copper course Crown 8vo dark lines definite direction earth earth's atmosphere Edition electricity engine enormous equal experiment experimental fact Fcap force friction give given hydrogen Illustrations incandescent inch Joule kind kinetic energy light liquid magnet mass mathematical matter Mayer melting metal method motion moving nature Newton's ordinary P. G. TAIT particles pass perfectly perpetual motion physical portion potential energy precisely present pressure produced Professor quantity of heat radiant heat radiation reasoning result rotation simply solar spectrum stars steam substance sun's sunlight suppose surface temperature theory thing Thomson tion transformation TREATISE tricity vapour velocity vessel vibration whole wire zinc
Popular passages
Page 5 - HEMMING— AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON THE DIFFERENTIAL AND INTEGRAL CALCULUS, for the Use of Colleges and Schools. By GW HEMMING, MA, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. Second Edition, with Corrections and Additions. 8vo.
Page 7 - FR-S., late Fellow and Assistant Tutor of St. Peter's College, Cambridge ; Examiner in the University of London.
Page 12 - The object of this work is to supply students and field-botanists with a fuller account of the Plants of the British Islands than the manuals hitherto in use aim at giving.
Page 6 - INTRODUCTION TO QUATERNIONS, with numerous examples. By P. KELLAND, MA, FRS ; and PG TAIT, MA, Professors in the department of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh. Crown 8vo.
Page 22 - Wilson. — A MEMOIR OF GEORGE WILSON, MD, FRSE, Regius Professor of Technology in the University of Edinburgh. By his SISTER. New Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. "An exquisite and touching portrait of a rare and beautiful spirit.
Page 3 - With the Mathematical Elements of Music. Designed for the Use of Students in the University. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Crown 8vo. gs. A TREATISE OF MAGNETISM. Designed for the Use of Students in the University.
Page 4 - CLIFFORD— THE ELEMENTS OF DYNAMIC. An Introduction to the Study of Motion and Rest in Solid and Fluid Bodies. By WK CLIFFORD, FRS, Professor of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics at University College, London. Part I.— KINETIC.
Page 24 - ELEMENTARY LESSONS IN LOGIC ; Deductive and Inductive, with copious Questions and Examples, and a Vocabulary of Logical Terms.
Page 3 - ON THE ALGEBRAICAL AND NUMERICAL THEORY OF ERRORS OF OBSERVATIONS AND THE COMBINATION OF OBSERVATIONS.
Page 352 - Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it may be compelled by impressed forces to change that state.