 It would be difficult to describe the surprise and astonishment expressed in the countenances of the bystanders, on seeing so large a quantity of cold water heated, and actually made to boil, without any fire.  Heat : a Mode of Motion - Page 6by John Tyndall - 1881 - 591 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Benjamin Graf von Rumford - 1798 - 550 pages
...expreffed in the countenances of VOL. ii. i. L the the by-danders, on feeing fo large a. quantity of cold water heated, and actually made to boil, without any fire. • Though there was, in fact., nothing that could juftly be confidered as furprifing in this event, yet I acknowledge fairly... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1799 - 652 pages
...aftoniihment exprefled in the countenances of the byftanders, on feeing fo large a quantity of cold water heated, and actually made to boil, without any fire. Though there was, in fact, nothing that could juftly be confidered as furprifing in this event, yet I acknowledge, fairly,... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1863 - 538 pages
...he says, ' to describe the surprise and astonishment expressed in the countenances of the bystanders on seeing so large a quantity of water heated, and...to boil, without any fire. Though there was nothing * Philosophical Magazine, 4th Series, vol. xxiii. pp. 265, 347, 435. t An abstract of this paper is... | |
 | Edward Livingston Youmans, William Robert Grove - 1865 - 500 pages
...difficult to describe the surprise and astonishment expressed in the countenances of the bystanders, on seeing so large a quantity of water heated and...afforded. me a degree of childish pleasure which, were I ambitions of the reputation of a grave philosopher, I ought most certainly rather to hide than to discover."... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1866 - 492 pages
...he says, ' to describe the surprise and astonishment erpressed in the countenances of the bystanders on seeing so large a quantity of water heated, and actually made to bofl, without any fire. Though there was nothing that could be considered very surprising in this matter,... | |
 | Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - 1870 - 560 pages
...says, ' to describe the surprise and astonishment expressed in the countenances of the bystanders, on seeing so large a quantity of water heated and...Though there was nothing that could be considered so very surprising in this matter, yet I acknowledge fairly that it afforded me a degree of childish... | |
 | Benjamin Graf von Rumford - 1870 - 608 pages
...astonishment expressed in the countenances of the bystanders, on seeing so large a quantity of cold water heated, and actually made to boil, without any fire. Though there was, in fact, nothing that could justly be considered as surprising in this event, yet I acknowledge fairly... | |
 | 1871 - 400 pages
...he says, " to describe the surprise and astonishment expressed in the countenances of the bystanders on seeing so large a quantity of water heated, and actually made to boil, without any fire." Dr. Tyndall, being short of time, produced the same effect, by similar means, on a small quantity of... | |
 | 1871 - 632 pages
...[January 2l 1S71J 177 scribe the surprise and astonishment expressed in the countenances of the bystanders on seeing so large a quantity of water heated, and actually made to boil, without any fire." Dr. Tyndall, being short of time, produced the same effect, by similar means, on a small quantity of... | |
 | Bence Jones - 1871 - 450 pages
...and astonishment expressed in the countenances of the bystanders on seeing a large quantity of cold water heated and actually made to boil without any fire. ' Though there was, in fact, nothing that could justly be considered as surprising in this event, yet I acknowledge fairly... | |
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