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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, to... "
The Theory of Heat - Page 42
by Thomas Preston - 1894 - 719 pages
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The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, Volumes 29-30

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 then goes...
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser, Volume 26

1798 - 618 pages
...bodies, can continue to furnish with* out limitation t cannot possibly be a material fiibßance ¡ and it appears to me to be extremely difficult, if...not quite impossible, to form any distinct idea of any thing capable of being excited and communicated, in the manner the heat was excited and Communicated...
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Essays, Political, Economical, and Philosophical, Volume 2

Benjamin Graf von Rumford - 1798 - 550 pages
...fyftem of bodies, can continue to furnifti without limitation, eannot poffibly be a material fubftance i and it appears to me to be extremely difficult, if not quite impoffible, to form any diftiuct idea of any thing, capable of being excited and communicated, in the...
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Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts: Illustrated with ...

1799 - 648 pages
...appears to me to be extremely difficult, if not quite impoflible, to form any diftinct idea of any thing capable of being excited and communicated in the manner the heat was excited and communicated in thefe experiments, except it be motion. I am very far from pretending to know how, or by what means...
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Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts, Volume 2

William Nicholson - 1799 - 652 pages
...fyflem of bodies can continue to furnifh -without limitation^ cannot poffibly be a material fubftance j and it appears to me to be extremely difficult, if not quite impoffible, to form any diilincì idea of any thing capable of being excited and communicated in the...
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 70, Part 1

1800 - 898 pages
...appears to me со be extremelydifficult, if oot quite impollib e, to form uny diftinet idea of any thing capable of being excited and communicated, in the manner the heat was excited and communicated in thcfe txpcrimenti, except it be MOTION." " Account of fome Endeavours to afcertain a Standard of Weight...
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Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle, Volume 87

1800 - 664 pages
...appears to me to be txiremeijr difficult, it not quite impoH.be, to form any difiinfl idea of any tiling capable of being excited and communicated, in the manner the heat was elcited and communicated in thefe expc* rimtn-s, except it be MOTIOH." " Account of fome Endeavours...
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Elements of Chemistry, Volume 1

John Murray - 1810 - 568 pages
...limitation, could not be material, and that it is difficult to conceive of any thing capable of being excited in the manner the heat was excited and communicated in these experiments, except motion. Experiments giving a similar result were published nearly at the same time by Mr Davy. In comparing...
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The Imperial magazine; or, Compendium of religious, moral ..., Volume 3

664 pages
...and he adds, " it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to form any distinct idea of any thing capable of being excited and communicated, in the...communicated in these experiments, except it be motion." Boyle made two pieces of brass to rub against each other in the exhausted receiver of an air-pump ;...
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The Imperial Magazine, Or, Compendium of Religious, Moral ..., Volume 3

1821 - 702 pages
...and he adds, " it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to form any distinct idea of any thing capable of being excited and communicated, in the...communicated in these experiments, except it be motion." Boyle made two pieces of brass to rub against each other in the exhausted receiver of an air-pump ;...
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