 ... a tumultuous cloud Instinct with fire and nitre,' fell at once with the rise of the science of thermodynamics. In 1854 Helmholtz showed that the supposition of an original fiery condition of the nebulous stuff was unnecessary, since in the mutual...  An Introduction to the Study of Spectrum Analysis - Page 80by William Marshall Watts - 1904 - 325 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1897 - 918 pages
...nitre — could no longer hold its place after Helmholtz had shown, in 1854, that such an originally fiery condition of the nebulous stuff was quite unnecessary,...and stars. The solution of the primary riddle of the nebulse left pending some secondary questions. What chemical substances are represented by the newly... | |
 | 1891 - 346 pages
...1854 Helmholtz showed that the supposition of an original fiery condition of the nebulous stuff was unnecessary, since in the mutual gravitation of widely...generate the high temperature of the sun and stars. We can scarcely go wrong in attributing the light of the nebulae to the conversion of the gravitational... | |
 | 1891 - 680 pages
...condition of the nebulous stuff was unnecessary, since in the mutual gravitation of widely-separated matter we have a store of potential energy sufficient...generate the high temperature of the sun and stars. We can scarcely go wrong in attributing the light of the nebulae to the conversion of the gravitational... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1892 - 1258 pages
...1854 Helmholtz showed that the supposition of an original fiery condition of the nebulous stuff was unnecessary, since in the mutual gravitation of widely...generate the high temperature of the sun and stars. We can scarcely go wrong in attributing the light of the nebulae to the conversion of the gravitational... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1892 - 1146 pages
...1854 Helmholtz showed that the supposition of an original fiery condition of the nebulous stuff was unnecessary, since in the mutual gravitation of widely...generate the high temperature of the sun and stars. We can scarcely go wrong in attributing the light of the nebula to the conversion of the gravitational... | |
 | 1892 - 790 pages
...1854 * Helmholtz showed that the supposition of an original fiery condition of the nebulous stuff was unnecessary, since in the mutual gravitation of widely...generate the high temperature of the sun and stars. We can scarcely go wrong in attributing the light of the nebulae to the conversion of the gravitational... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1893 - 816 pages
...1854 Helmholtz showed that the supposition of an original fiery condition of the nebulous stuff was unnecessary, since in the mutual gravitation of widely...generate the high temperature of the sun and stars. We can scarcely go wrong in attributing the light of the nebulae to the conversion of the gravitational... | |
 | 1900 - 600 pages
...1854 Helmholtz showed that the supposition of an original fiery condition of the nebulous stuff was unnecessary, since in the mutual gravitation of widely...generate the high temperature of the sun and stars. We can scarcely go wrong in attributing the light of the nebulae to the conversion of the gravitational... | |
 | John Arthur Thomson - 1903 - 582 pages
...still " instinct with fire." The essay of Helmholtz in 1854 made it plain that this supposition is unnecessary, " since in the mutual gravitation of...generate the high temperature of the sun and stars. We pan scarcely go wrong in attributing the light of the nebulae to the conversion of the gravitational... | |
 | 1897 - 1044 pages
...original fiery mist — in the words of the poet : ... a tumultuous cloud Instinct with fire and nitre — matter we have a store of potential energy sufficient...of the primary riddle of the nebulae left pending some secondary questions. What chemical substances are represented by the newly found bright lines... | |
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