 Heat, then, or that power which prevents the actual contact of the corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of our peculiar sensations of heat and cold, may be defined a peculiar motion, probably a vibration of the corpuscles of bodies, tending to...  The Theory of Heat - Page 43by Thomas Preston - 1894 - 719 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Geologists' Association - 1891 - 806 pages
...notion of repulsion is not altogether new. Sir Humphrey Davy, before any ot us were born, defined heat as " a peculiar motion, probably a vibration of the corpuscles of bodies tending it> separate them," and he called heat a " repulsive motion. "f These theories of the ultimate constitution... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1863 - 538 pages
...corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of our peculiar sensations of heat and cold, may be defined a peculiar motion, probably a vibration of the corpuscles of bodies, tending to separate them, it may with propriety be called the repulsive motion. Since there exists a repulsive motion, the particles... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1863 - 500 pages
...corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of our peculiar sensations of heat and cold, may be defined a peculiar motion, probably a vibration of the corpuscles of bodies, tending to separate them. It may with propriety be called the repulsive motion. Since there exists a repulsive motion, the particles... | |
 | 1864 - 560 pages
...corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of our peculiar sensations of heat and cold, may be defined a peculiar motion, probably a vibration, of the corpuscles of bodies, tending to separate them. It may with propriety be called the repulsive mo tion." " Bodies exist in different states, and these... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1866 - 492 pages
...corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of our peculiar sensations of heat and cold, may be defined a peculiar motion, probably a vibration of the corpuscles of bodies, tending to separate them. It may with propriety be called the repulsive motion. Since there exists a repulsive motion, the particles... | |
 | 1866 - 646 pages
...corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of our peculiar sensations of heat and cold, may be defined a peculiar motion, probably a vibration of the corpuscles of bodies, tending to separate them. It may, with propriety, be called the repulsive motion." It is singular that, in spite of such authorities,... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1868 - 560 pages
...HEAT. 97 the corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of our peculiar sensations of heat and cold, may be defined as a peculiar motion, probably a vibration,...the corpuscles of bodies, tending to separate them. It may with propriety be called the repulsive motion. Since there exists a repulsive motion, the particles... | |
 | Peter Guthrie Tait - 1868 - 148 pages
...corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of our peculiar sensations of heat and cold, may be defined a peculiar motion, probably a vibration, of the corpuscles of bodies, tending to separate them. It may with propriety be called the repulsive motion.' 10. Let us here remark, incidentally, what an... | |
 | Peter Guthrie Tait - 1876 - 420 pages
...contact of the corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of our own sensations of heat and cold, may be defined as a peculiar motion, probably a vibration...the corpuscles of bodies tending to separate them. It may with propriety be called the repulsive motion. Bodies exist in different states, and these states... | |
 | James Hamblin Smith - 1878 - 108 pages
...contact of the corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of our own sensations of heat and cold, may be defined as a peculiar motion, probably a vibration...the corpuscles of bodies tending to separate them." 142. By the word corpuscles Davy names the minute particles, now called molecules, the smallest parts... | |
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