 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.  Heat: A Mode of Motion - Page 99by John Tyndall - 1868 - 520 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Campbell Colquhoun - 1836 - 454 pages
...communicated motion. Now, Sir Humphrey Davy argues, that the immediate cause of heat is motion ; and " that the laws of its communication are precisely the same as the laws of motion." This opinion of Sir Humphrey is entirely coincident with that to be maintained in this paper... | |
 | Thomas Webster - 1837 - 512 pages
...following remarks of Davy on this most interesting subject. ' The immediate cause of the phenomena of heat then is motion ; and the laws of its communication...motion. Since all matter may be made to fill a smaller volume by cooling, it is evident that the particles of matter must have space between them; and since... | |
 | Robert Otway - 1837 - 284 pages
...that is the temperature at which it boils. The immediate cause of the phenomena of heat, says Dr. URE, is motion ; and the laws of its communication are...the same as the laws of the communication of motion. And as all matter may be made to fill a smaller volume by cooling, it is evident that the particles... | |
 | Hugo Reid - 1837 - 402 pages
...receiver. Sir Humphry Davy argues, that the immediate cause of the phenomena of heat is motion ; "that the laws of its communication are precisely the same as the laws of motion. Since all matter may be made to fill a smaller volume by cooling, it is evident that its particles... | |
 | 1841 - 444 pages
...equally evident that its parts must have separated from each other. The immediate cause of the phenomena of heat, then, is motion, and the laws of its communication...communication of motion. Since all matter may be made to rill a smaller votnnie by cooling, it is evident that the particles of matter must have space between... | |
 | Samuel Lytler Metcalfe - 1843 - 1198 pages
...accordance with this doctrine, Sir H. Davy observes, in his Chemical Philosophy, that " the cause of heat is motion, and the laws of its communication are precisely...same as the laws of the communication of motion." But in the Treatise on Life and Death, as also in his Natural History, Bacon maintains that " there... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 876 pages
...give an idea D»vy's of the opinion of Sir Humphrey Davy on this most pot.h«i; abstruse subject. " The immediate cause of the phenomenon of heat, then,...motion. Since all matter may be made to fill a smaller volume by cooling, it is evident that the particles of matter must have space between them ; and since... | |
 | William Henry Holcombe - 1852 - 344 pages
...of the generating batteries. "The immediate cause of the phenomena of Heat," says Sir Humphrey Davy, "is motion, and the laws of its communication are...same as the laws of the communication of motion." Its phenomena have been perfectly illustrated by a comparison with those of sound, which we know to... | |
 | Jabez Hogg - 1853 - 390 pages
...effecting a change on the superficial temperature. Davy remarks : " The immediate cause of the phenomena of heat, then, is motion ; and the laws of its communication...motion. Since all matter may be made to fill a smaller volume by cooling, it is evident that the particles of matter must have space between them ; and since... | |
 | Jabez Hogg - 1861 - 594 pages
...in the solid particles of matter itself. He remarks, " The immediate cause of the phenomena of heat is motion ; and the laws of its communication are...motion. Since all matter may be made to fill a smaller volume by cooling, it is evident that the parti«les of matter must have space between them ; and since... | |
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