On the Connection of the Physical SciencesHarper & brothers, 1846 - 460 pages |
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Page 100
... metals , and other substances passing from hardness to toughness , viscidity , and through all the other stages to perfect fluidity and even to vapor . The effort required to break a substance is a measure of the intensity of the ...
... metals , and other substances passing from hardness to toughness , viscidity , and through all the other stages to perfect fluidity and even to vapor . The effort required to break a substance is a measure of the intensity of the ...
Page 104
... metal in condensing them against its surface by its attractive force . The particles when chemically united run off the surface of the metal in the form of water by their gravitation , or pass away as aqueous vapor and make way for ...
... metal in condensing them against its surface by its attractive force . The particles when chemically united run off the surface of the metal in the form of water by their gravitation , or pass away as aqueous vapor and make way for ...
Page 107
... metals they contain , which are however nearly in the same proportion in each . All these circumstances tend to prove that substances having the same crystaline form must consist of ultimate atoms , having the same figure and arranged ...
... metals they contain , which are however nearly in the same proportion in each . All these circumstances tend to prove that substances having the same crystaline form must consist of ultimate atoms , having the same figure and arranged ...
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... metal , both of which are either dry or wet , be partly immersed in a liquid parallel to one another , the liquid will be raised or depressed close to their surfaces , but will maintain its level through the rest of the space that ...
... metal , both of which are either dry or wet , be partly immersed in a liquid parallel to one another , the liquid will be raised or depressed close to their surfaces , but will maintain its level through the rest of the space that ...
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... Metal springs fastened at one end , when forcibly bent , endeavor to return to rest by a series of vibrations , which give very pleasing tones , as in musical boxes . Various musical instruments have recently been con- structed ...
... Metal springs fastened at one end , when forcibly bent , endeavor to return to rest by a series of vibrations , which give very pleasing tones , as in musical boxes . Various musical instruments have recently been con- structed ...
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