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. The Theory of Heat - Page 43by Thomas Preston - 1894 - 719 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1899 - 338 pages
...two pieces of ice together. In 1812 Davy wrote: 'The immediate cause of the phenomena of heat, then, is motion, and the laws of its communication are precisely...same as the laws of the communication of motion.' Professor Tait remarks in this connection : ' If Davy had with this statement taken into account the... | |
| 1898 - 734 pages
...tending to separate them." In 1812 Davy said: •The immediate cause of the phenomenon of heat, then, is motion, and the laws of its communication are precisely...same as the laws of the communication of motion." This is the "dynamical" or present theory of heat. Other scientists have experimented and agreed that... | |
| Ernest Howard Griffiths - 1901 - 152 pages
...till 1812 that he enunciated this 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 communication of motion1 " ; and, on reflection, it seems extraordinary that the publication of the works of Rumford... | |
| 1901 - 530 pages
...completely. He concluded that ' the immediate HEAT-ENGINE HEAVEN, cmi -• • of the phenomenon of heat la motion, and the laws of its communication are precisely...same as the laws of the communication of motion.' Between 1840 and 1843 Joule conclusively established the truth of this theory — the dynamical theory... | |
| Ernest Howard Griffiths - 1901 - 158 pages
...till 1812 that he enunciated this 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 communication of motion1"; and, on reflection, it seems extraordinary that the publication of the works of Rum ford... | |
| William Lawrence Saunders - 1903 - 1200 pages
...of bodies tending to separate them." In Davy's work on "Chemical Philosophy" he makes the statement that "The immediate cause of the phenomena of heat...same as the laws of the communication of motion." The laws that govern the production of heat apply equally and in the same degree to the production... | |
| William Lawrence Saunders - 1903 - 1202 pages
...of bodies tending to separate them." In Davy's work on "Chemical Philosophy" he makes the statement that "The immediate cause of the phenomena of heat...same as the laws of the communication of motion." The laws that govern the production of heat apply equally and in the same degree to the production... | |
| John Arthur Thomson - 1903 - 582 pages
...conclusion which he strengthened in 1812 in the statement that "the immediate cause of the phenomenon of heat is motion and the laws of its communication...same as the laws of the communication of motion." Thomas Young was another of the early supporters of Count Eumford's view. Work of Car not. — Meanwhile... | |
| Thomas Preston - 1904 - 864 pages
...conviction which characterises so unmistakably those of Rumford, and it was not until 1812 that lie distinctly laid down l that — "The immediate cause...as the laws of the communication of motion." Both Kumford and Davy might, however, have been successfully Position met by any calorist who was willing... | |
| Henry Smith Carhart - 1904 - 614 pages
...the matter of heat. It was not till 1812 that he asserted with firm conviction that "The fundamental cause of the phenomena of heat is motion, and the...same as the laws of the communication of motion." The first of these propositions should now be amended in view of the doctrine of the Conservation of... | |
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