Physics for Students of MedicineMacmillan, 1896 - 469 pages |
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Page 251 - Thermodynamics states that heat cannot of itself pass from a colder to a hotter body...
Page 221 - Unit is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 Ib. of water through 1 °F.
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 256 - ... compound one of any degree of complexity. The white light of sunlight at sea-level is made up (Vierordt and Rood) by a mixture ( = 1000) of the following coloured lights : — Red, 54 ; Orangered, 140 ; Orange, 80 ; Orange-yellow, 114; Yellow, 54 ; Greenish-yellow, 206 ; Yellowish-green, 121 ; Green and blue-green, 134 ; Cyan-blue, 32 ; Blue, 40 ; Ultramarine and blue-violet, 20 ; Violet, 5.
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.
Page 20 - The state of the exact sciences proves, says Mr. Gladstone, that, as respects religion " the association of these two ideas...