While we are considering the possibility of these considerations it may be remembered, that in the great laboratory of the atmosphere, chemical changes may happen, attended by the production of iron and other metals ; that at all events such a circumstance... Journal of Science and the Arts - Page 2941818Full view - About this book
| 1818 - 632 pages
...the body would reach us in about two days, and enter our atmosphere with a velocity of about 25,000 feet in a second. Their ignition may be accounted...be remembered that in the great laboratory of the atmo. sphere, chemical changes may happen, attended by the production of iron and other metals ; that... | |
| 1818 - 484 pages
...seems, however, that any power which would move a body 6000 feet in a second, that is, about three limes the velocity of a cannon ball, would throw it from...remembered, that in the great laboratory of the atmosphere, chemical changes may happen, attended by the production of iron and other metals ; that at all events... | |
| 1818 - 616 pages
...the body would reach us in about two days, and enter our atmosphere with a velocity of about 25,000 feet in a second. Their ignition may be accounted...of these considerations, it may be remembered that, m the great laboratory of the atmosphere, chemical changes may happen, attended by the production of... | |
| 1818 - 492 pages
...the body would reach us in about two days, and enter pur atmosphere with a velocity of about 25,000 feet in a second. Their ignition may be accounted...combustibles, ignited by the mere contact of air. POPULAR SVT ERST1TIONS OF CLYDESDALE. From the Edinburgh Magazine. According to popular belief in most... | |
| William Thomas Brande - 1821 - 582 pages
...throw it from the sphere of the moon's attraction into that of our earth. The cause of this protective force may be a volcano, and if thus impelled, the...While we are considering the possibility of these opinions, it may be remembered, that in the great laboratory of the atmosphere, chemical changes may... | |
| William Thomas Brande - 1821 - 666 pages
...volcano, and if thus impelled, the body would reach us in about two days, and enter our atmosphere with H velocity of about 25000 feet in a second. Their ignition...combustibles, ignited by the mere contact of air. 1142. In meteoric iron the proportion of nickel varies considerably. In a specimen from the Arctic... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1822 - 488 pages
...accounted for, either by supposing the heat generated by their motion in our atmosphere sufticient to ignite them, or by considering them as combustibles,...While we are considering the possibility of these opinions, it may be remembered, that in the great laboratory of the atmosphere, chemical changes may... | |
| William Thomas Brande - 1830 - 784 pages
...the body would reach us in about two days, and enter our atmosphere with a velocity of about 25,000 feet in a second. Their ignition may be accounted...While we are considering the possibility of these opinions, 11 may be remembered, that in the great laboratory of the atmosphere, chemical changes may... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1822 - 502 pages
...throw it from the sphere of the moon's attraction into that of our earth. The cause of this protective force may be a volcano, and if thus impelled, the...While we are considering the possibility of these opinions, it may be remembered, that in the great laboratory of the atmosphere, chemical changes may... | |
| 1818 - 580 pages
...the body would reach us in about two days, and enter our atmosphere with a velocity of about 25,000 feet in a second. Their ignition may be accounted...remembered that, in the great laboratory of the atmosphere, chemical changes may happen, attended by the production of iron and other metals; that, at all events,... | |
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