The Elements of Natural Or Experimental Philosophy, Volumen3T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803 |
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Página 14
... extremity . See fig . 1. of Plate XVIII . The cavity of the bulb C , and part of the tube , as far , for instance , as A , is filled with the fluid , the reft of the tube is either partly , or quite , exhaufted of air , and the end B of ...
... extremity . See fig . 1. of Plate XVIII . The cavity of the bulb C , and part of the tube , as far , for instance , as A , is filled with the fluid , the reft of the tube is either partly , or quite , exhaufted of air , and the end B of ...
Página 49
... Extremity Extremity of the scale of Wedgwood's thermometer Greateft heat of The Theory of Heat , & c . 49.
... Extremity Extremity of the scale of Wedgwood's thermometer Greateft heat of The Theory of Heat , & c . 49.
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Tiberius Cavallo. Extremity of the scale of Wedgwood's thermometer Greateft heat of an air furnace 8 inches in diameter , which neither melted Fahren . Wedg 32277 ° 240 nor foftened Nankeen porcelain - 21877 160 beft fort 21357 156 ...
Tiberius Cavallo. Extremity of the scale of Wedgwood's thermometer Greateft heat of an air furnace 8 inches in diameter , which neither melted Fahren . Wedg 32277 ° 240 nor foftened Nankeen porcelain - 21877 160 beft fort 21357 156 ...
Página 61
... which AC is the most expanfible by heat , CD is a lever pinned at B and C to the extremities of the bars , and fufpending a weight or bob E. Now , if the two two bars were expanded alike by heat , it is The Theory of Heat , & c . 61.
... which AC is the most expanfible by heat , CD is a lever pinned at B and C to the extremities of the bars , and fufpending a weight or bob E. Now , if the two two bars were expanded alike by heat , it is The Theory of Heat , & c . 61.
Página 62
... extremity B comes to b , the extremity C comes lower down , viz . to ; hence the lever CD is placed in the fitu- ation ebD ; fo that the extremity D remains in the fame place it was before , and of courfe the diftance EA remains ...
... extremity B comes to b , the extremity C comes lower down , viz . to ; hence the lever CD is placed in the fitu- ation ebD ; fo that the extremity D remains in the fame place it was before , and of courfe the diftance EA remains ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 287 - When the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about 45° on the sea of Reggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed either by the wind or...
Página 291 - ... let this mixture be rammed into a crucible of about an inch and a half in depth, till it be almoft full ; and let it be placed in...
Página 287 - ... palms, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the same objects not only reflected from the surface of the sea, but likewise in the air, though not so distinct or well defined as the former objects from the sea.
Página 287 - Lastly, if the air be slightly hazy and opaque, and at the' same time dewy and adapted to form the Iris, then the abovementioned objects will appear only at the surface of the sea, as in the first case, but all vividly coloured or fringed witH red, green, blue, and other prismatic colours *. " As the day advances, the fairy scene gradually disappears.
Página 287 - Reggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed either by the wind or the current, the spectator being placed on an eminence of the city, with his back to the sun, and his face to the sea ; on a sudden there appear in the water, as in a catoptric theatre, various multiplied objects, viz.
Página 418 - THE electric organs of the torpedo are placed on each side of the cranium and gills, reaching from thence to the semicircular cartilages of each great fin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity of the animal to the transverse cartilage, which divides the thorax from the abdomen...
Página 203 - When the rings were examined by looking through the lenses in the opposite direction, the central spot appeared white, and, in other rings, red was opposite to blue, yellow to violet, and green to a compound of red and violet ; the colours formed by the transmitted and...
Página 140 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and one side equal to one side, viz.
Página 513 - ... the attraction of their matter. There is an attraction exerted between the overcharged extremity of one magnetic body and the undercharged extremity of the other, on account of the attraction between that fluid and the matter of the body ; but, to explain the repulsion which takes place between their undercharged extremities, we...
Página 278 - ... the distance of the small circle, and also of the parallel lines from your eye; divide then the distance of the former by that of the latter, and you will have the magnifying power of the telescope required.