 The immediate cause of the phenomena of heat then is motion, and the laws of its communication are precisely the same, as the laws of the communication of motion.  Treatise on Heat - Page 393by Dionysius Lardner - 1833 - 429 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Ritchie Leask - 1895 - 292 pages
...real nature of heat, saying : " The immediate cause of the phenomenon of heat, then, is motion, and the laws of its communication are precisely the same as the .laws of the communication of motion." Heat and mechanical force therefore are identical and convertible. Independently... | |
 | 1878 - 804 pages
...' "The immediate cause of the phenomena of heat, then, as Lavoisier long ago stated, is motion, and the laws of its communication are precisely the same as the laws of the communication of motion." These essays of Rumford and Davy failed to produce, with a few rare exceptions,... | |
 | John Mackintosh - 1896 - 532 pages
...scientific men. In 1812, Davy enounced that the direct cause of the phenomenon of heat is motion, and that the laws of its communication are precisely the same as the laws of the communication of motion. The researches into the radiation and absorption of heat mainly form the... | |
 | 1896 - 844 pages
...that he came to the conclusion that ' the immediate cause of the phenomenon of heat is motion, and the laws of its communication are precisely the same as the laws of the communication of motion.' From data given by Rumford, it may be calculated that 940 footpounds... | |
 | Henry Smith Carhart - 1896 - 462 pages
...asserted with firm conviction that " The fundamental cause of the phenomena of heat is motion, and the laws of its communication are precisely the same as the laws of the communication of motion." The first of these propositions should now be amended in view of the... | |
 | Florian Cajori - 1899 - 352 pages
...that he felt sure in asserting that " the immediate cause of the phenomenon of heat is motion, and the laws of its communication are precisely the same as the laws of the communication of motion." ' Arguing from Rumford's experiments, a conclusive refutation of the... | |
 | 1899 - 338 pages
...ice together. In 1812 Davy wrote: 'The immediate cause of the phenomena of heat, then, is motion, and the laws of its communication are precisely the same as the laws of the communication of motion.' Professor Tait remarks in this connection : ' If Davy had with this statement... | |
 | John Gray McKendrick - 1899 - 324 pages
...together. In 1812 Davy wrote: ' The immediate cause of the phenomena of heat, then, is motion, and the laws of its communication are precisely the same as the laws of the communication of motion.' Professor Tait remarks in this connection : ' If Davy had with this statement... | |
 | Florian Cajori - 1899 - 340 pages
...1812 that he felt sure in asserting that "the immediate cause of the phenomenon of heat is motion, and the laws of its communication are precisely the same as the laws of the communication of motion." l Arguing from Rumford's experiments, a conclusive refutation of the... | |
 | 1898 - 734 pages
...separate them." In 1812 Davy said: •The immediate cause of the phenomenon of heat, then, is motion, and the laws of its communication are precisely the same as the laws of the communication of motion." This is the "dynamical" or present theory of heat. Other scientists have... | |
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