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" 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. "
Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E ... - Page 322
by Encyclopaedia - 1845
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Isis Revelata: An Inquiry Into the Origin, Progress, and Present ..., Volume 2

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...
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An Elementary Treatise on Steam: More Particularly as Applicable to the ...

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...
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A Catechism of Chemistry: Exhibiting a Condensed View of the Facts and ...

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...
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The Magazine of Science, and Schools of Art, Volume 2

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...
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Caloric: Its Mechanical, Chemical, and Vital Agencies in the Phenomena of ...

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...
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The Scientific basis of homœpathy

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...
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Heat considered as a mode of motion: 12 lects

John Tyndall - 1863 - 538 pages
...these experiments, except it be motion.' In 1812, Davy wrote: ' The immediate cause of the phenomena of heat, then, is motion, and the laws of its communication...the same as the laws of the communication of motion ; ' * and he confirmed his views by that original and most interesting experiment in which he melted...
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Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion: Being a Course of Twelve Lectures ...

John Tyndall - 1863 - 500 pages
...body has expanded by heat, it is 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 DAVY ON THE MOTION OF HEAT. I11 communication are precisely the same as the laws of the communication...
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The North British Review, Volume 40

1864 - 564 pages
...in that year, he enunciates the following perfectly definite and most important proposition :— " The immediate cause of the phenomenon of heat, then,...same as the laws of the communication of motion." The immense consequences of this statement we shall presently consider, after \ve have briefly described...
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The North British review

1864 - 572 pages
...published in that year, he enunciates the following perfectly definite and most important proposition:— " The immediate cause of the phenomenon of heat, then,...communication are precisely the same as the laws of the communicatiou of motion." The immense consequences of this statement we shall presently consider, after...
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