 in the undulations of an elastic medium. All the principal phenomena of heat may actually be illustrated by a comparison with those of sound. The excitation of heat and sound are not only similar, but often identical, as in friction and percussion ; they...  Mechanism of the Heavens - Page lvby Mary Somerville - 1831 - 621 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 752 pages
...sound, conveys its undulation to distant parts, by means of its elasticity: and we. shall find, that the principal phenomena of heat may actually be illustrated...by a comparison with those of sound. The excitation ^f heat and sound are not only similar, but often identical ; as in the operations of friction and... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1834 - 666 pages
...dispel the midnight darkness. It has been observed that heat, like light and sound, probably consists in the undulations of an elastic medium. All the principal...percussion ; they are both communicated by contact and radiation ; and Dr. Young observes, that the effect of radiant heat in raising the temperature of a... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1834 - 390 pages
...dispel the midnight darkness. It has been observed that heat, like light and sound, probably consist in the undulations of an elastic medium. All the principal...percussion ; they are both communicated by contact and radiation; and Dr. Young observes, that the effect of radiant heat in raising the temperature of a... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1834 - 484 pages
...dispel the midnight darkness. It has been observed that heat, like light and sound, probably consists in the undulations of an elastic medium. All the principal...percussion ; they are both communicated by contact and radiation ; and Dr. Young observes, that the effect of radiant heat in raising the temperature of a... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1840 - 858 pages
...dispel the midnight darkness. It has been observed that heat, like light and sound, probably consists in the undulations of an elastic medium. All the principal...identical, as in friction and percussion ; they are both s 2 communicated by contact and radiation; and Dr. Young observes, that the effect of radiant heat... | |
 | Thomas Young - 1845 - 660 pages
...transmits sound, conveys its undulation to distant parts by means of its elasticity. And we shall find that the principal phenomena of heat may actually be illustrated...sound are not only similar, but often identical; as in the operations of friction and percussion: they are both communicated sometimes by contact and sometimes... | |
 | Thomas Young - 1845 - 654 pages
...transmits sound, conveys its undulation to distant parts by means of its elasticity. And we shall find that the principal phenomena of heat may actually be illustrated...sound are not only similar, but often identical; as in the operations of friction and percussion : they are both communicated sometimes by contact and sometimes... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1846 - 506 pages
...raises, from the gloomy and U It has been observed that heat, like light and sound, probably consists in the undulations of an elastic medium. All the principal...percussion ; they are both communicated by contact and radiation ; and Dr. Young observes, that the effect of radiant heat in raising the temperature of a... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1846 - 496 pages
...raises, from the gloomy and U It has been observed that heat, like light and sound, probably consists in the undulations of an elastic medium. All the principal...percussion; they are both communicated by contact and radiation; and Dr. Young observes, that the effect of radiant heat in raising the temperature of a... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1846 - 496 pages
...raises, from the gloomy and U It has been observed that heat, like light and sound, probably consists in the undulations of an elastic medium. All the principal...percussion ; they are both communicated by contact and radiation ; and Dr. Young observes, that the effect of radiant heat in raising the temperature of a... | |
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