The ordinary gaseous and ordinary liquid states are, in short, only widely separated forms of the same condition of matter, and may be made to pass into one another by a series of gradations so gentle that the passage shall nowhere present any interruption... Proceedings of the Royal Society of London - Page 31by Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1870Full view - About this book
| 1871 - 664 pages
...separated forms of the same condition of matter, and may be made to pass into one another by aseries of gradations so gentle that the passage shall nowhere...interruption or breach of continuity. From carbonic acid as a perfeft gas to carbonic acid as a perfect liquid, the transition we have seen may be accomplished by... | |
| Royal institution of Great Britain - 1872 - 628 pages
...gaseous and liquid states of matter. The ordinary gaseous and ordinary liquid states are, in short, only widely separated forms of the same condition...carbonic acid as a perfect liquid, the transition we have seen may be accomplished by a continuous process, and the gas and liquid are only distant stages... | |
| Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1872 - 610 pages
...gaseous and liquid states of matter. The ordinary gaseous and ordinary liquid states are, in short, only widely separated forms of the same condition...carbonic acid as a perfect liquid, the transition we have seen may be accomplished by a continuous process, and the gas and liquid are only distant stages... | |
| Charles Loudon Bloxam - 1872 - 748 pages
...particular temperature, the critical point, the gas is wavering between the gaseous and the liquid state, so that " the gaseous and liquid states are only widely...present any interruption or breach of continuity." It was found to be impossible to liquefy carbonic acid above a temperature of 88° F., even by a pressure... | |
| Henry Watts - 1872 - 1272 pages
...liquid states are ooly widely separated forms of the same condition of matter, and may be made to puss into one another by a series of gradations so gentle that the passage •hall nowhere present any interruption or breach of continuity. From carbon dioxide as a perfect... | |
| Balfour Stewart - 1876 - 490 pages
...ceases to liquefy by pressure to be 3o°.92C, and he concludes, as a direct result of his experiments, that the gaseous and liquid states are only widely...present any interruption or breach of continuity. This is analogous to the gradual passage of a solid into a liquid such as we have when sealing-wax... | |
| Popular encyclopedia - 1877 - 526 pages
...careful experiments from which he deduced that 'the ordinary gaseous and liquid states of matter are widely separated forms of the same condition of matter,...present any interruption or breach of continuity.' The apparatus employed by Dr. Andrews consisted of two very strong copper or wrought-iron tubes d,... | |
| Charles Loudon Bloxam - 1883 - 734 pages
...gaseous and liquid states are only widely separated forms of the same '•oodition of matter, and may he made to pass into one another by a series of gradations so gentle, that the passage slul! nowhere present any interruption or breach of continuity." It was found to be impossible to liquefy... | |
| Popular encyclopedia - 1884 - 542 pages
...careful experiments from which he deduced that 'the ordinary gaseous and liquid states of matter are widely separated forms of the same condition of matter,...shall nowhere present any interruption or breach of continuity.1 The apparatus employed by Dr. Andrews consisted of two very strong copper or wrought-iron... | |
| Thomas Sterry Hunt - 1888 - 274 pages
...of different densities, or of columns of hot and cold air. . . . The ordinary gaseous and ordinary liquid states are only widely separated forms of the...passage shall nowhere present any interruption or break of continuity. They are only distant stages of a long series of continuous physical changes."... | |
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