Physics for Students of MedicineMacmillan, 1896 - 469 pages |
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acid acts Ampères angular aperture aperture apparatus applied atmospheric pressure axis becomes body carbon carbonic acid cell centre charged circuit coil colour compressed conductor convergent lens copper corresponding deformation direction disc distance divergent driving pressure dynes effect elastic electric electrode Electrolysis Energy equal ergs Ether flow focal length focus frequency galvanic cell gases glass grammes greater Heat hydrogen inches increase Joules lenses light Lines of Force liquid Magnetic Field mass membrane mercury metal mirror molecules object Ohms ordinary oscillations parallel particles pass pipe piston plane polarised position potential prism produced proportional pull quantity rays real image refracted refractive index Resistance rotation round soft iron solid solution sound spherical Spherical Aberration spring stream substance surface temperature tends thermometer thickness tion tube velocity vibration virtual image Volts wave-front wave-length waves weight wire Young's Modulus zinc
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Page 251 - Thermodynamics states that heat cannot of itself pass from a colder to a hotter body...
Page 361 - I could see that the arms revolved slowly in the opposite direction, that is, in the same direction as the hands of a watch.
Page 302 - AB as if they came from ab; the image will be enlarged, erect, and virtual; it is on the same side of the lens as the object, and is seen only by looking through the lens, which acts as a magnifying glass.
Page 221 - Unit is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 Ib. of water through 1 °F.
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Page 16 - To every action there is always an equal and contrary reaction ; or the mutual actions of any two bodies are always equal and oppositely directed.
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