The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of ScienceTaylor & Francis, 1857 - Physics |
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... causes , and sometimes to the ordinary thermo - electric properties of the metals . 2. In order to ascertain more clearly ... cause of the CURRENTS . 3. We know that if two pieces of copper , or any other kind of metal , are taken and ...
... causes , and sometimes to the ordinary thermo - electric properties of the metals . 2. In order to ascertain more clearly ... cause of the CURRENTS . 3. We know that if two pieces of copper , or any other kind of metal , are taken and ...
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... cause than chemical action . These instances are ex- ceedingly clear ones , and the results are invariably the same with all solutions of sulphate of copper , acidulated or not , or of various degrees of dilution , when examined either ...
... cause than chemical action . These instances are ex- ceedingly clear ones , and the results are invariably the same with all solutions of sulphate of copper , acidulated or not , or of various degrees of dilution , when examined either ...
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... cause is influenced by it . The examiner , fitted with a copper plate below and a platinum one above , was charged ... cause gave an increased negative condition to the upper plate = 26 degrees ; but in the second , the decreased ...
... cause is influenced by it . The examiner , fitted with a copper plate below and a platinum one above , was charged ... cause gave an increased negative condition to the upper plate = 26 degrees ; but in the second , the decreased ...
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... cause and determine it in the opposite direction . For instance , I fitted the apparatus with plates of rolled grain tin , and charged it with a pre - boiled mixture of 4 ounces of distilled water and 4- of an ounce of pure hydrochloric ...
... cause and determine it in the opposite direction . For instance , I fitted the apparatus with plates of rolled grain tin , and charged it with a pre - boiled mixture of 4 ounces of distilled water and 4- of an ounce of pure hydrochloric ...
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... cause which I have not yet completely determined ; whilst with base metals , both this cause and che- mical affinity are in most cases operating ; the one tending to produce a current in one direction , and the other in an oppo- site ...
... cause which I have not yet completely determined ; whilst with base metals , both this cause and che- mical affinity are in most cases operating ; the one tending to produce a current in one direction , and the other in an oppo- site ...
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Page iv - Address delivered at the Anniversary Meeting of the Geological Society of London, on the 15th of February, 1856, by John William Hamilton, Esq., President of the Society.
Page 230 - That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance, through a vacunm, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking can ever fall into it.
Page 198 - The explanation of all phenomena of electro-magnetic attraction or repulsion, and of electro-magnetic induction, is to be looked for simply in the inertia and pressure of the matter of which the motions constitute heat. Whether this matter is or is not electricity, whether it is a continuous fluid interpermeating the spaces between molecular nuclei, or is itself molecularly grouped ; or whether all matter is continuous, and molecular heterogeneousness consists in finite vortical or other relative...
Page 237 - But let us not admit the destruction or creation of force without clear and constant proof. Just as the chemist owes all the perfection of his science to his dependence on the certainty of gravitation applied by the balance, so may the physical philosopher expect to find the greatest security and the utmost aid in the principle of the conservation of force. All that we have that is good and safe, as the steam-engine, the...
Page 209 - The magnetic electrical machine enables us to convert mechanical power into heat by means of the electric currents which are induced by it. And I have little doubt that, by interposing an electromagnetic engine in the circuit of a battery, a diminution of the heat evolved per equivalent of chemical change would be the consequence, and this in proportion to the mechanical power obtained*.
Page 400 - Its development of color both in the reflected and transmitted rays ; because of the state of tenuity and division which it permitted with the preservation of its integrity as a metallic body : because of its supposed simplicity of character, and because known phenomena appeared to indicate that a mere variation in the size of its particles gave rise to a variety of resultt'.nt colors.
Page 211 - ... conceived greatest in the last, the particles have a motion round their own axes with different velocities, the particles of elastic fluids moving with the greatest quickness ;. and that in ethereal substances the particles move round their own axes, and separate from each other, penetrating in right lines through space.
Page 237 - I do not resist the search for them, for no one can do harm, but only good, who works with an earnest and truthful spirit in such a direction. But let us not admit the destruction or creation of force without clear and constant proof.
Page 225 - ... conversion. If any hypothesis, more or less trustworthy on other accounts, is insufficient in expressing it or incompatible with it, the place of deficiency or opposition should be marked as the most important for examination, for there lies the hope of a discovery of new laws or a new condition of force. The deficiency should never be accepted as satisfactory, but be remembered and used as a stimulant to further inquiry ; for conversions of force may here be hoped for. Suppositions may be accepted...
Page 58 - Helmholtz's galvanometer, with or without modification. The time of vibration of the suspended magnet, and the efficiency of the copper damper, will be so arranged, that during the electric pulse the suspended magnet will turn from its position of equilibrium into a position of maximum deflection, and will fall back to rest in its position of equilibrium. The possibility of fulfilling these conditions is obvious from the form of the curve I have found to represent the electric pulse. The observer...