On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesJ. Murray, 1858 - 523 pages |
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Page 75
... heat , and an increase in the temperate and frigid zones would render the cold more severe . Now it appears that most of the European , North Asiatic , and North American continents and islands were raised from the deep after the coal ...
... heat , and an increase in the temperate and frigid zones would render the cold more severe . Now it appears that most of the European , North Asiatic , and North American continents and islands were raised from the deep after the coal ...
Page 119
... heat of the sun's rays , which the earth imbibes and radiates in all directions . The decrease in heat is very irregular ; each authority gives a different estimate , because it varies with latitude and local circumstances , but from ...
... heat of the sun's rays , which the earth imbibes and radiates in all directions . The decrease in heat is very irregular ; each authority gives a different estimate , because it varies with latitude and local circumstances , but from ...
Page 134
... heat ( N. 178 ) during the undulations of sound , and calculation confirmed the accuracy of his views . The aërial molecules being suddenly compressed give out their absorbed heat ; and , as air is too bad a conductor to carry it ...
... heat ( N. 178 ) during the undulations of sound , and calculation confirmed the accuracy of his views . The aërial molecules being suddenly compressed give out their absorbed heat ; and , as air is too bad a conductor to carry it ...
Page 157
... heat from the arid sandy plains . The mirage described by Cap- tain Mundy in his Journal of a Tour in India probably arises from this cause . " A deep precipitous valley below us , at the bottom of which I had seen one or two miserable ...
... heat from the arid sandy plains . The mirage described by Cap- tain Mundy in his Journal of a Tour in India probably arises from this cause . " A deep precipitous valley below us , at the bottom of which I had seen one or two miserable ...
Page 176
... heat , electricity , & c . , it may be that we are to search for the light which has become thus comparatively stag- nant . The heating power of the solar rays gives a primá facie plausibility to the idea of the transformation of light ...
... heat , electricity , & c . , it may be that we are to search for the light which has become thus comparatively stag- nant . The heating power of the solar rays gives a primá facie plausibility to the idea of the transformation of light ...
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