...fyftem of bodies, can continue to furnifti without limitation, eannot poffibly be a material fubftance i and it appears to me to be extremely difficult, if not quite impoffible, to form any diftiuct idea of any thing, capable of being excited and communicated, in the...

...fyflem of bodies can continue to furnifh -without limitation^ cannot poffibly be a material fubftance j and it appears to me to be extremely difficult, if not quite impoffible, to form any diilincì idea of any thing capable of being excited and communicated in the...

...positive substance. Nor is that by any means one of the smallest which Count RUMFORD suggests, viz. " that any thing which any insulated body, or system...can continue to furnish, without, limitation, cannot be a material substance." Yet tjie electric fluid is granted, on all hands, to be a distinct substance...

...positive substance. Nor is that by any means one of the smallest which Count RUMFORD suggests, viz. " that any thing which any insulated body, or system of bodies, can continue to furnish, without {imitation, cannot be a material substance." Yet the electric fluid is granted, on all hands, to be...

...evidently to be inexhaustible, he naturally concluded, that heat could not be matter ; for, says he — " It is hardly necessary to add, that any thing which...limitation, cannot possibly be a material substance." " Another method of producing heat is by the taking place of chemical attractions. Every chemical attraction...

...evidently to be inexhaustible, he naturally concluded, that heat could" not be matter: for says he, " It is hardly necessary to add, that any thing which...limitation, cannot possibly be a material substance." Another method of producing heat is by the taking place of chemical attractions. Every chemical attraction,...

...observed that the source of it appeared evidently to be inexhaustible, the Count adds that "anything which any insulated body, or system of bodies, can...be a material substance ; and it appears to me to bo extremely difficult, if not quite impossible, to form any distinct idea of anything capable of being...

...evidently to be inexhaustible. (The italics are Rumford's.) It is hardly necessary to add, that anything which any insulated body or system of bodies can continue...not quite impossible, to form any distinct idea of anything capable of being excited and communicated in those experiments, except it be MOTION. COMPRESSION...

...that the source of the heat generated by friction in these experiments appeared to be inexhaustible. It is hardly necessary to add that any thing which...insulated body or system of bodies can continue to furnish ivithout limitation, cannot possibly be & material substance; and it appears to me to be extremely...

...evidently to be inexhaustible. (The italics are Rumford's.) It is hardly necessary to add, that anything which any insulated body or system of bodies can continue...furnish without limitation cannot possibly be a material subCOMPRESSION OF BISULPHIDE OF CARBON VAPOUR. 71 stance; and it appears to me to be extremely difficult,...