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Page 425
... heat into mechanical motion . Remembering that the heat is actually the disorderly mechanical motion of molecules , it is easy to understand that the complete trans- formation of the heat content of a given material body into mechanical ...
... heat into mechanical motion . Remembering that the heat is actually the disorderly mechanical motion of molecules , it is easy to understand that the complete trans- formation of the heat content of a given material body into mechanical ...
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... heat up " your molecule . You bring it into an environment of higher temperature ( " heat bath " ) , thus allowing other systems ( atoms , molecules ) to impinge upon it . Considering the entire irregularity of heat motion , there is no ...
... heat up " your molecule . You bring it into an environment of higher temperature ( " heat bath " ) , thus allowing other systems ( atoms , molecules ) to impinge upon it . Considering the entire irregularity of heat motion , there is no ...
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... heat . This is an infinitely complicated atomistic process . The general picture the physicist forms of it compels him to admit that the inverse process is not entirely impossible : A spring- less clock might suddenly begin to move , at ...
... heat . This is an infinitely complicated atomistic process . The general picture the physicist forms of it compels him to admit that the inverse process is not entirely impossible : A spring- less clock might suddenly begin to move , at ...
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Part CAN MATTER BE MEASURED? | 1 |
IS MATTER INFINITELY DIVISIBLE? | 13 |
Early Atomic Theory | 21 |
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