VIII. Acoustics. IX. Optics, formal and physical. X. Thermotics and atmology. XI. Electricity. XII. Magnetism. XIII. Galvanism, or Voltaic electricity. XIV. Chemistry. XV. Mineralogy. XVI. Systematic botany and zoology. XVII. Physiology and comparative anatomy. XVIII. Geology. Additions to the 3d edD. Appleton, 1858 - Science |
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... according to which the particles of air might vibrate . We may observe , that in this solution , as in that of the vibrating string already mentioned , a rule was exhibited according to which the parti- cles might oscillate , but not ...
... according to which the particles of air might vibrate . We may observe , that in this solution , as in that of the vibrating string already mentioned , a rule was exhibited according to which the parti- cles might oscillate , but not ...
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... according to his calculation , the same ring ought to give , were not in agreement with experiment . Indeed , researches of this kind , as conducted by Euler , and other authors , 3 rather were , and were intended for , exam- ples of ...
... according to his calculation , the same ring ought to give , were not in agreement with experiment . Indeed , researches of this kind , as conducted by Euler , and other authors , 3 rather were , and were intended for , exam- ples of ...
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... according to M. Poisson's statement , defective , in conse- quence of his not taking into account the normal force which acts at the exterior boundary of the plate . The author of the anonymous memoir corrected this error , and ...
... according to M. Poisson's statement , defective , in conse- quence of his not taking into account the normal force which acts at the exterior boundary of the plate . The author of the anonymous memoir corrected this error , and ...
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... according to the direc- tion which it affects , relatively to the dimensions of the vibrating body . " These " inductions , " as he properly calls them , are supported by a great mass of ingenious experiments ; and may be considered as ...
... according to the direc- tion which it affects , relatively to the dimensions of the vibrating body . " These " inductions , " as he properly calls them , are supported by a great mass of ingenious experiments ; and may be considered as ...
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... According to him , light is white : but if we mix with the light something dark , the colors arise , -first red , then green , then blue or violet . He applies this to explain the colors of the rainbow , " by means of the considera ...
... According to him , light is white : but if we mix with the light something dark , the colors arise , -first red , then green , then blue or violet . He applies this to explain the colors of the rainbow , " by means of the considera ...
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Page 585 - Each cast at the other, as when two black clouds, With heaven's artillery fraught, come rattling on Over the Caspian ; then stand front to front, Hovering a space, till winds the signal blow To join their dark encounter in mid air...
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Page 89 - And in like manner, when a ray of light falls upon the surface of any pellucid body, and is there refracted or reflected, may not waves of vibrations, or tremors, be thereby excited in the refracting or reflecting medium at the point of incidence...
Page 251 - An account of several new Instruments and Processes for determining the Constants of a Voltaic Circuit.
Page 573 - The earth obeyed, and straight Opening her fertile womb teemed at a birth Innumerous living creatures, perfect forms, Limbed and full grown: out of the ground up rose As from his lair the wild beast where he wons In" forest wild, in thicket, brake, or den...
Page 56 - ... that the ratio of the sines of the angles of incidence and refraction is constant for refraction in the same medium, was effected by Snell and Descartes.
Page 449 - I had with him, which was but a little while before he died, what were the things which induced him to think of a circulation of the blood ? he answered me, that when he took notice that the valves in the veins of so many parts of the body were so placed that they gave free passage to the blood towards the heart, but opposed the passage of the venal blood the contrary way...
Page 573 - The tawny lion, pawing to get free His hinder parts, then springs, as broke from bonds, And rampant shakes his brinded mane...
Page 296 - The facts recorded in that lecture Faraday regards as of the utmost value. But ' the mode of action by which the effects take place is stated very generally ; so generally, indeed, that probably a dozen precise schemes of electro-chemical action might be drawn up, differing essentially from each other, yet all agreeing with the statement there given.
Page 559 - With terror through the dark aerial hall. Some say, he bid his angels turn askance The poles of earth, twice ten degrees and more, From the'sun's axle ; they with labour push'd Oblique the centric globe...