 Heat, then, or that power which prevents the actual contact of the corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of our peculiar sensations of heat and cold, may be defined a peculiar motion, probably a vibration of the corpuscles of bodies, tending to...  The Theory of Heat - Page 43by Thomas Preston - 1894 - 719 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Lawrence Saunders - 1903 - 1208 pages
...contact of the corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of our peculiar sensations of heat and cold, may be defined as a peculiar motion, probably a vibration...the corpuscles of bodies tending to separate them." In Davy's work on "Chemical Philosophy" he makes the statement that "The immediate cause of the phenomena... | |
 | William Lawrence Saunders - 1903 - 1202 pages
...corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of our peculiar sensations of heat and cold, may be denned as a peculiar motion, probably a vibration of the corpuscles of bodies tending to separate them." In Davy's work on "Chemical Philosophy" he makes the statement that "The immediate cause of the phenomena... | |
 | Thomas Preston - 1904 - 864 pages
...the matter of heat, does not exist ; that " a motion or vibration of the corpuscles of bodies must be necessarily generated by friction and percussion....the corpuscles of bodies tending to separate them." 1 Davy, ''Essay on Heat and Light and Combinations of Light," Complete Works. vol. ii. p. 11. This... | |
 | Peter Guthrie Tait - 1904 - 392 pages
...contact of the corpuscles of bodies, and which is the cause of oiTr own sensations of heat and cold, may be defined as a peculiar motion, probably a vibration,...the corpuscles of bodies tending to separate them. It may with propriety be called the repulsive motion. Bodies exist in different states, and these states... | |
 | Robert Henry Murray - 1925 - 492 pages
...everything else in the neighbourhood was at the freezing-point. His view was that heat is not matter, but " may be defined as a peculiar " motion, probably a...the corpuscles of bodies tending to separate them. Davy states that his experiments on the generation of heat " were made long before the publication... | |
 | 1908 - 1104 pages
...corpuscles of bodies, and which Is the cause of our peculiar sensations of heat and cold, may be defined a peculiar motion, probably a vibration of the corpuscles of bodies, tending to separate them. It may with propriety be called the repulsive motion." The rising of the heated particles tending to... | |
 | Charles Henry Patterson - 1926 - 362 pages
...may reasonably conclude that this motion or vibration is heat. . . . Heat then . . . may be denned as a peculiar motion, probably a vibration of the...were even treated by some as wild and extravagant guesses and speculations. Even Davy himself did not seem to be confident. His subsequent writings do... | |
 | Roberto Torretti - 1999 - 532 pages
...heat is a substance, but they "are such as might have been considered as matter" but must be regarded as a "peculiar motion, probably a vibration of the corpuscles of bodies" (quoted in Wolf 1939, p. 198). However, the effects observed by Davy were probably due to the conduction... | |
 | 1812 - 552 pages
...Physical Knowledge," written by Sir Humphrey, then Mr., Davy, he says, " Heat is a sensation accompanying a peculiar motion, probably a vibration of the corpuscles of bodies tending to separate them ;" so that, if Sir Humphrey's hypothesis is to be regarded as more correct, that of Mr. I)avy must... | |
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