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... substance might suddenly appear , 1 or some substance might suddenly vanish , and no reasoning whatever could lead to a deduction from the results of experiments under such conditions . This , then , is to be looked upon as the great ...
... substance might suddenly appear , 1 or some substance might suddenly vanish , and no reasoning whatever could lead to a deduction from the results of experiments under such conditions . This , then , is to be looked upon as the great ...
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... substance . Now , see how well Rumford laid hold of that point , and how he proceeds by ex- periment to try if possible to satisfy his doubts about it . He says : - ' If this were the case , then , according to the modern doctrines of ...
... substance . Now , see how well Rumford laid hold of that point , and how he proceeds by ex- periment to try if possible to satisfy his doubts about it . He says : - ' If this were the case , then , according to the modern doctrines of ...
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... substance ; but if there be any mysterious difference as to the capacity for heat in them , that will be shown during the process of solution . In general , in dissolving a metal in an acid , there is a development of heat ; but if ...
... substance ; but if there be any mysterious difference as to the capacity for heat in them , that will be shown during the process of solution . In general , in dissolving a metal in an acid , there is a development of heat ; but if ...
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... substance . It appears to me to be extremely difficult , if not quite impossible , to form any dis- tinct idea of anything capable of being excited and communicated in the manner in which the heat was excited and communicated in these ...
... substance . It appears to me to be extremely difficult , if not quite impossible , to form any dis- tinct idea of anything capable of being excited and communicated in the manner in which the heat was excited and communicated in these ...
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... substance . Séguin tried steam , because he was more familiar with steam ; Mayer tried air , because he had some physical data for it . Séguin's calculations were very far wrong on the one side of the truth ; Mayer's were very far wrong ...
... substance . Séguin tried steam , because he was more familiar with steam ; Mayer tried air , because he had some physical data for it . Séguin's calculations were very far wrong on the one side of the truth ; Mayer's were very far wrong ...
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