 The total energy of any body or system of bodies is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any mutual action of such bodies, though it may be transformed into any one of the forms of which energy is susceptible.  Elementary Chemistry - Page 182by Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir, Charles Slater - 1887 - 368 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Wallace Wright - Mechanics - 1896 - 418 pages
...principle, known as the conservation of energy, which is stated by Maxwell as follows : The energy of a system is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any actions between the part* of the system, though it may be transformed into any of the forms of which... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1896 - 410 pages
...little more at length by Professor Clerk Maxwell : " The total energy of any body or system of bodies is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any mutual action of those bodies, though it may be transposed into any one of the forms of which energy... | |
 | Alfred Payson Gage - Physics - 1898 - 416 pages
...are admirably summarized by Maxwell as follows : " The total energy of any body or system of bodies is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any mutual action of these bodies, though it may be transformed into any of the forms of which energy is... | |
 | William Martin Baker - Dynamics - 1899 - 316 pages
...cases to be verified by " experiment. " General statement of the Principle of Conserva" tion of Energy. "The total energy of any material system is a " quantity which can neither be increased nor dimin" ished by any action between the parts of the system, " though it may be transformed into any... | |
 | British Dental Association - Dentistry - 1899 - 796 pages
...of the period and can be stated as follows : — " THE TOTAL ENERGY OF ANY BODY OR SYSTEM OF BODIES IS A QUANTITY WHICH CAN NEITHER BE INCREASED NOR DIMINISHED BY ANY MUTUAL ACTION OF THOSE BODIES, THOUGH IT MAY BE TRANSFORMED INTO ANY ONE OF THE FORMS OF WHICH ENERGY... | |
 | George Trumbull Ladd - Philosophy - 1899 - 592 pages
...unchangeable in quantity. Or, to quote from Clerk-Maxwell: "The total energy of any body or system of bodies is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any mutual action of these bodies, though it may be transformed into any one of the .forms of which energy... | |
 | George Samuel Newth - 1900 - 700 pages
...energy in another form. This is the law of the conservation of energy* which may be thus stated : * " The total energy of any material system, is a quantity...increased nor diminished by any action between the parti of the system, although it may be transformed into any of the forms of which energy is susceptible"... | |
 | Fernando Sanford - 1902 - 484 pages
...been experimentally established, and it is now believed that the total energy of the physical universe is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any known process. This theory is called the doctrine of the Conservation of Energy. Heat is only one of... | |
 | John Arthur Thomson - Science - 1903 - 582 pages
...to resistance; and the doctrine of the conservation of energy is thus expressed by Clerk Maxwell : " The total energy of any material system is a quantity...diminished by any action between the parts of the system j though it may be transformed intp any of the forms of which energy is susceptible." Dissipation of... | |
 | George S. Newth - Chemistry, Inorganic - 1903 - 788 pages
...form. This is the law of the conservation of energy, which may be thus stated : * " The total energy vf any material system is a quantity which can neither...diminished by any action between the parts of the system, although it may be transformed into any of the forms of which encrg\ :'• susceptible!' Chemical energy,... | |
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