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... results of Rumford and Davy , filling up the lacuna in Newton's statement . Their proofs that Heat is not matter . Davy's statement of the true theory of Heat . Speculations of Séguin and Mayer , PAGE 27 LECTURE III . ESTABLISHMENT OF ...
... results of Rumford and Davy , filling up the lacuna in Newton's statement . Their proofs that Heat is not matter . Davy's statement of the true theory of Heat . Speculations of Séguin and Mayer , PAGE 27 LECTURE III . ESTABLISHMENT OF ...
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... result of Spectrum Analysis applied to non - terrestrial bodies ; -There is Sodium gas in the Sun's Atmosphere . Elaborate experiments of Stewart and Kirchhoff . Identity of Light and Radiant Heat . Dis- tinctive characters of a ...
... result of Spectrum Analysis applied to non - terrestrial bodies ; -There is Sodium gas in the Sun's Atmosphere . Elaborate experiments of Stewart and Kirchhoff . Identity of Light and Radiant Heat . Dis- tinctive characters of a ...
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... Results of Maxwell's investigations . Physical reason of Dissipation - Andrews ' results as to the continuity of the liquid and gaseous states of matter . Conclusion , LECTURE XIV . FORCE . 312 338 LECTURE I. INTRODUCTORY ...
... Results of Maxwell's investigations . Physical reason of Dissipation - Andrews ' results as to the continuity of the liquid and gaseous states of matter . Conclusion , LECTURE XIV . FORCE . 312 338 LECTURE I. INTRODUCTORY ...
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... result of their inquiries leaves it as yet un- decided whether space may or may not have pre- cisely the same properties throughout the universe . To obtain an idea of what is meant by such a state- ment , consider that in crumpling a ...
... result of their inquiries leaves it as yet un- decided whether space may or may not have pre- cisely the same properties throughout the universe . To obtain an idea of what is meant by such a state- ment , consider that in crumpling a ...
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... result , which of course they themselves under- stood in its true sense , Laplace and Lagrange confess- edly employed approximate methods of solution only . They left out of account what are termed technically the squares of disturbing ...
... result , which of course they themselves under- stood in its true sense , Laplace and Lagrange confess- edly employed approximate methods of solution only . They left out of account what are termed technically the squares of disturbing ...
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