 ... great question which has so often been the subject of speculation among philosophers, namely, What is heat — is there any such thing as an igneous fluid ? Is there anything that, with propriety, can be called caloric...  The Theory of Heat - Page 41by Thomas Preston - 1894 - 719 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1829 - 482 pages
...water 180 degrees, or cause it to boil ;" and, " a very considerable quantity of heat may be excited in the friction of two metallic surfaces, and given off...stream, or flux, in all directions, without interruption er intermission, and without any sign» of diminution or exhaustion ! .'" "Alpha," again, p. 221. —... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 pages
...such thing as an igneous fluid ? — Is there any thing that can with propriety be called caloric? We have seen that a very considerable quantity of heat may be excited in the friction of two metallic surfaces, and given off in a constant stream or flux, in all directions,... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1852 - 430 pages
...very considerable quantity of heat was excited by the friction, and given off in a constant stream in all directions, without interruption or intermission,...and without any signs of diminution or exhaustion. This ingenious philosopher, when reasoning on these experiments, gives satisfactory reasons to prove... | |
 | Edward Livingston Youmans, William Robert Grove - 1865 - 512 pages
...such a thing as an igneous fluid? Is there any thing that with propriety can- be called caloric ? " We have seen that a very considerable quantity of...reasoning on this subject we must not forget that moit remark able circu«stance, that the source of the heat generated by friction ; in these experiments... | |
 | Edward Livingston Youmans, William Robert Grove - 1865 - 500 pages
...such a thing as an igneous fluid? Is there any thing that with propriety con be called caloric ? " We have seen that a very considerable quantity of...and given off in a constant stream or flux in all direction*, without interruption or intermission, and without any signs of diminution or exhalation.... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1865 - 494 pages
...such thing as an igneous fluid f Is there any thing that, with propriety, can be called caloric ? ' ' We have seen that a very considerable quantity of...surfaces, and given off in a constant stream or flux in aU directions, without interruption or intermission, and without any signs of diminution or exhaustion,... | |
 | Edward Livingston Youmans - 1865 - 490 pages
...there any thing that with propriety can be called caloric ? ""We have seen that a very consider able quantity of heat may be excited by the friction of...surfaces, and given off in a constant stream or flux m all directions, without interruption or intermission, and without any signs of diminution or e&Tuwstion.... | |
 | Edward Livingston Youmans - 1866 - 480 pages
...any such thing as an igneous fluid ? Is there any thing that with propriety can be called caloric 1 We have seen that a very considerable quantity of...and given off in a constant stream or flux in all direction* without interruption or intermission, and without any signs of diminution or exhaustion.... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1866 - 492 pages
...any such thing as an iffwow, fluid f Is there any thmgthat, with propriety, can be called caloric ? ' We have seen that a very considerable quantity of...the friction of two metallic surfaces, and given off ma constant stream or flux in an directions, without interruption or mtermission, and without any signs... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1868 - 560 pages
...such thing as an igneous fluid ? Is there anything that, with propriety, can be called caloric?' ' We have seen that a very considerable quantity of...metallic surfaces, and given off in a constant stream or fluxm all directions, without interruption or intermission, and without any signs of diminution or... | |
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