...following perfectly definite and most important proposition : — "The immediate cause of the phenomenon of heat, then, is motion, and the laws of its communication...same as the laws of the communication of motion." The immense consequences of this statement we shall presently consider, after we have briefly described...

...following perfectly definite and most important proposition:— " 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 communicatiou of motion." The immense consequences of this statement we shall presently consider, after...

...tenets of his school of philosophy." It was not till 1812 that Davy wrote in Ms Chemical Philosophy, " The immediate cause of the phenomena of heat then...laws of its communication are precisely the same as those of the communication of motion." When, therefore,- : we' remember that Davy's first publication...

...conclusion that Eumford had drawn from his own results, and expressed himself in very similar terms : — " The immediate cause of the phenomena of heat then...the laws of its communication are precisely the same aa the laws of the communication of motion." (Elrniftits of Chtmicai Philosophy, London, 1812, pp....

...tenets of his school of philosophy." It was not till 1812 that Davy wrote in his Chemical Philosophy, " The immediate cause of the phenomena of heat then is motion, and the laws of ita communication are precisely the same as those of the communication of motion." When, therefore,...

...heat was excited and communicated in these experiments, except it be motion.' In 1812, Davy wrote : ' The immediate cause of the phenomena of heat, then,...the same as the laws of the communication of motion ; ' * and he confirmed his views by that original and most interesting experiment in which ho melted...

...: " As would appear from Count Rumford's experiments, the immediate cause of the phenomenon of heat is motion, and the laws of its communication are precisely...same as the laws of the communication of motion." And again, (Memoir on heat, &c., Works, vol. ii.) : -"It has been experimentally demonstrated that...

...equally evident that its parts must have separated from each other. The immediate cause of the phenomenon of heat, then, is motion ; and the laws of its communication...motion. ' Since all matter may be made to fill a smaller space by cooling, it IB evident that the particles of matter must have space between them ; and since...

...following perfectly definite and most important proposition :— ' The immediate cause of the phenomenon of heat, then, is motion, and the laws of its communication...same as the laws of the communication of motion.' The immense consequences of this statement we shall presently consider, after we have briefly described...

...the ice itself. Hence Davy * drew the conclusion that, "The immediate cause of the phenomena of heat is motion, and the laws of its communication are precisely...same as the laws of the communication of motion." The mechanical, or dynamical theory, which regarded heat as consisting in a state of molecular motion,...