 | Charles Hutton - 1816 - 618 pages
...felled in the same season of the year, were squared the day ufter and the experiments tried the third day. Trying them in this green state gave him an opportunity of observing a very curios phenomenon. When the weights were laid quickly on, nearly sufficient to break the beam, a very... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1822 - 680 pages
...felled in the same season of the year, were squared the day after, and the experiments tried the third day. Trying them in this green state gave him an opportunity...were laid quickly on? nearly sufficient to break the beJam, a very sensible smoke was observed to issue from the two ends with a sharp hissing sound; which... | |
 | John Robison, James Watt - 1822 - 758 pages
...trees were all felled in the same season of the year, were squared the day after, and tried the third day. Trying them in this green state gave him an opportunity of observing a very curious and unaccountable phenomenon. When the weights were laid briskly on, nearly sufficient to break the... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1826 - 682 pages
...felled in the same season of the year, were squared the day after, and the experiments tried the third day. Trying them in this green state gave him an opportunity...smoke was observed to issue from the two ends with a sharpe hissing sound : which continued all the time the tree was bending and cracking. This shows the... | |
 | Peter Barlow - 1826 - 372 pages
...all felled in the same season of the year, were squared the day after, and experimented on the third day. Trying them in this green state, gave him an opportunity of observing a very curious phenomenon ; namely, that when the weights were laid briskly on, nearly sufficient to break the log, a very sensible... | |
 | Charles Hutton - 1831 - 656 pages
...100 , 3050 7 98 2925 8 in the other columns are the pounds weight which br»kt the pieces. Mr; Buffbn had found, by many trials, that oak timber lost much...with a sharp hissing sound ; which continued all the titnc the tree was bending and cracking. This shows the great effects of the compression, and that... | |
 | Peter Barlow - 1851 - 604 pages
...all felled in the same season of the year, were squared the day after, and experimented on the third day. Trying them in this green state, gave him an opportunity of observing a very curious phenomenon ; namely, that when the weights were laid briskly on, nearly sufficient to break the log, a very sensible... | |
 | Peter Barlow - 1867 - 460 pages
...all felled in the same season of the year, were squared the day after, and, experimented on the third day. Trying them in this green state, gave him an opportunity of observing a very curious phenomenon ; namely, that when the weights were laid briskly on, nearly sufficient to break the log, a very sensible... | |
 | Arthur Ashpitel - 1867 - 442 pages
...felled in the same season of the year, were squared ~~~v™— ' the day after, and tried the third day. Trying them in this green state gave him an opportunity of observing a very curious and unaccountable phenomenon. When the weights were laid briskly on, nearly sufficient to break the... | |
 | Peter Barlow, Peter William Barlow - 1867 - 482 pages
...phenomenon ; namely, that when the weights were laid briskly on, nearly sufficient to break the log, a very sensible smoke was observed to issue from the two ends, with a sharp hissing noise, which continued all the time the tree was bending or cracking. This philosopher, as above stated,... | |
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... to secure uniformity, his trees were all felled in the same season of the year, were squared the day after, and the experiments tried the 3d day. 