 | 1774 - 628 pages
...materials employed or acted upon, he says — " It appears to me to be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to form any distinct idea of anything capable of being excited and communicated in the manner that heat was excited and communicated in these experiments, except it be motion,"-)- and... | |
 | 1861 - 460 pages
...cannot possibly be a material substance ; and it appears to me to bo extremely difficult, if not quite impossible, to form any distinct idea of anything capable of being excited and commuuicated in these experiments, except it be motion." The Count does not presume to deliver mere... | |
 | John Pringle Nichol - 1860 - 942 pages
...suspect that such was the case. He therefore concluded that it was "extremely difficult, if not quite impossible, to form any distinct idea of anything capable of being excited, and communicated, in the manner the heat was excited and communicated in these experiments, except it be motion." Further,... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1863 - 538 pages
...of heat developed in the boring of cannon, observed that it was ' extremely difficult, if not quite impossible, to form any distinct idea of anything capable of being excited and communicated, in the manner the heat was excited and communicated in these experiments, except it be motion.' In 1812,... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1863 - 500 pages
...of heat developed in the boring of cannon, observed that it was ' extremely difficult, if not quite impossible, to form any distinct idea of anything capable of being excited and communicated, in the manner the heat was excited and communicated in these experiments, except it be motion.' In 1812,... | |
 | 1864 - 572 pages
...cannot possibly be a material substance,, and it appears to me to be extremely difficult, if not quite impossible, to form any distinct idea of anything capable of being excited, and communicated in the manner that heat was excited and communicated in these experiments, except it be MOTION." "We shall... | |
 | 1865 - 656 pages
...cannot possibly be a material substance, and it appears to me to be extremely difficult, if not quite impossible, to form any distinct idea of anything...communicated in these experiments, except it be MOTION." Tin's is the first and perhaps the best argument on this point, based upon a series of sufficient and... | |
 | Henry Watts - 1865 - 1110 pages
...cylinder and borer were supported, he says: — "It appears to me to be extremely difficult, if not quite impossible, to form any distinct idea of anything capable of being excited and communicated, in the manner the heat was excited and communicated in these experiments, except it be MOTION." : According... | |
 | 1866 - 646 pages
...cannot possibly be a material substance ; and it appears to me to be extremely difficult, if not quite impossible, to form any distinct idea of anything...communicated in these experiments, except it be MOTION." Precisely to the same effect, Sir Humphrey Davy expresses his judgment, as founded upon previous experiments... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1866 - 492 pages
...of heat developed in the boring of cannon, observed that it was ' extremely difficult, if not quite impossible, to form any distinct idea of anything capable of being excited and communicated, in the manner " the heat was excited and communicated in these experiments, except it be motion.' In 1812,... | |
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It is hardly necessary to add, that anything which any insulated body, or system of bodies, can continue to furnish without limitation, cannot possibly be a material substance ; and it appears to me to be extremely difficult, if not quite impossible,... 
