On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page xii
... Intensity - Noises A Musical Sound -Quality Pitch Extent of Human Hearing Velocity of Sound in Air , Water , and Solids - Causes of the Obstruction of Sound - Law of its Intensity - Reflection of Sound - Echoes Thunder Refraction of ...
... Intensity - Noises A Musical Sound -Quality Pitch Extent of Human Hearing Velocity of Sound in Air , Water , and Solids - Causes of the Obstruction of Sound - Law of its Intensity - Reflection of Sound - Echoes Thunder Refraction of ...
Page xiii
... Intensity of the Sun's Light and Heat - The Sun's Atmosphere His influence on the Planets Atmospheres of the Planets - The Moon has none - Lunar heat The Differential Telescope - Temperature of Space - Internal Heat of the Earth Zone of ...
... Intensity of the Sun's Light and Heat - The Sun's Atmosphere His influence on the Planets Atmospheres of the Planets - The Moon has none - Lunar heat The Differential Telescope - Temperature of Space - Internal Heat of the Earth Zone of ...
Page xvi
... intervention of any Substance Its Intensity invariable - General Laws - Recapitulation Distances of the Bodies - - and Conclusion NOTES INDEX 424 429 .. 479 THE CONNECTION OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES . INTRODUCTION . SCIENCE -xvi CONTENTS .
... intervention of any Substance Its Intensity invariable - General Laws - Recapitulation Distances of the Bodies - - and Conclusion NOTES INDEX 424 429 .. 479 THE CONNECTION OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES . INTRODUCTION . SCIENCE -xvi CONTENTS .
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... intensity inversely as the square of the distance ( N. 23 ) ; but that any deviation from that law will cause it to move in a curve of a different nature . Kepler found , by direct observation , that the planets describe ellipses ( N ...
... intensity inversely as the square of the distance ( N. 23 ) ; but that any deviation from that law will cause it to move in a curve of a different nature . Kepler found , by direct observation , that the planets describe ellipses ( N ...
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... intensity of the primitive mo- mentum ( N. 59 ) of the planets , and the ratio of their masses to that of the sun ; for the nature of the conic sections in which the celestial bodies move depends upon the velocity with which they were ...
... intensity of the primitive mo- mentum ( N. 59 ) of the planets , and the ratio of their masses to that of the sun ; for the nature of the conic sections in which the celestial bodies move depends upon the velocity with which they were ...
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