 | William Whewell - 1847 - 744 pages
...enormous amount which so often comes before us in the expression of natural laws. One grain of water20 will require for its decomposition as much electricity...to be not less than 800,000 charges of his Leyden battery41 ; and this is, by his theory of the identity of the combining with the decomposing force,... | |
 | William Whewell - 1847 - 724 pages
...enormous amount which so often comes before us in the expression of natural laws. One grain of water40 will require for its decomposition as much electricity...powerful flash of lightning. By further calculation, he fiqds this quantity to be not less than 800,000 charges of his Leyden battery" ; and this is, by his... | |
 | 1849 - 742 pages
...to supply elcctricity sufficient to decompose a single grain of water; or, if \ am right, to equal the quantity of electricity which is naturally associated with, the elements of that grain of water, endowing them with their mutuul chemical affinity." easy to poise the remote star,... | |
 | Robert Hunt - 1849 - 538 pages
...to supply electricity sufficient to decompose a single grain of water ; or, if I am right, to equal the quantity of electricity which is naturally associated with the elements of that grain of water, endowing them with their mutual chemical affinity." (142) p. 174.— Experimental... | |
 | Henry Hall Sherwood - 1850 - 220 pages
...to supply electricity sufficient to decompose a single grain of water ; or, if I am right, to equal the quantity of electricity, which is naturally associated with the elements of that grain of water, endowing them with their natural chemical affinity." The influence of magnetism... | |
 | Michael Faraday - 1839 - 634 pages
...to supply electricity sufficient to decompose a single grain of water ; or, if I am right, to equal the quantity of electricity which is naturally associated with the elements of that grain of water, endowing them with their mutual chemical affinity. 862. In further proof of this... | |
 | William Whewell - 1857 - 606 pages
...enormous amount which so often conies before us in the expression of natural laws. One grain of water40 will require for its decomposition as much electricity...quantity to be not less than 800,000 charges of his Leydeu battery ;41 and this is, by his theory of the identity of the combining with the decomposing... | |
 | William Whewell - 1858 - 682 pages
...enormous amount which so often comes before us in the expression of natural laws. One grain of water" will require for its decomposition as much electricity...the decomposing force, the quantity of electricity 1' Art. 950. " 990. " 1114. « 153. " 861 which is naturally associated with the elements of the grain... | |
 | William Whewell - 1858 - 646 pages
...enormous amount which so often comes before us in the expression of natural laws. One grain of water 40 will require for its decomposition as much electricity...not less than 800,000 charges of his Leyden battery ; 41 and this is, by his theory of the identity of the combining with the decomposing force, the quantity... | |
 | William Whewell - 1859 - 668 pages
...enormous amount which so often comes before us in the expression of natural laws. One grain of water 40 will require for its decomposition as much electricity...quantity to be not less than 800,000 charges of his Lcyden battery;" and this is, by his theory of the identity of the combining with the decomposing force,... | |
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I have referred to above, would be necessary to supply electricity sufficient to decompose a single grain of water; or, if I am right, to equal the quantity of electricity which is naturally associated with the elements of that grain of water, endowing... 
