The Elements of Natural Or Experimental Philosophy, Volum 3T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803 |
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Side 12
... bar of iron and a bar of glafs , of equal dimenfions , be both heated to the fame degree , for inftance , by plunging them in boiling water , the bar of iron will thereby be lengthened more than that of glafs . -If a given quantity of ...
... bar of iron and a bar of glafs , of equal dimenfions , be both heated to the fame degree , for inftance , by plunging them in boiling water , the bar of iron will thereby be lengthened more than that of glafs . -If a given quantity of ...
Side 14
... bars of metal , without any glafs or fluid . Thefe fhew the tem- perature by the expanfion of the bars , and are , therefore , called metallic thermometers . - They will be noticed here- after . † On account of the narrownefs of their ...
... bars of metal , without any glafs or fluid . Thefe fhew the tem- perature by the expanfion of the bars , and are , therefore , called metallic thermometers . - They will be noticed here- after . † On account of the narrownefs of their ...
Side 56
... bar ; to the ends of one of those bars two microscopes are fastened in an horizontal fitua tion , perpendicularly to the bars . One of thofe mi- croscopes is furnished with a micrometer , or me- country or elsewhere , and with it he ...
... bar ; to the ends of one of those bars two microscopes are fastened in an horizontal fitua tion , perpendicularly to the bars . One of thofe mi- croscopes is furnished with a micrometer , or me- country or elsewhere , and with it he ...
Side 57
... bars be kept unalter- ed , whilst that of the bar under examination is in- creased , then the increase of length , which is mea- fured by the micromoter , must be attributed to that bar only ; and by this means the expansions of feven ...
... bars be kept unalter- ed , whilst that of the bar under examination is in- creased , then the increase of length , which is mea- fured by the micromoter , must be attributed to that bar only ; and by this means the expansions of feven ...
Side 61
... bars , AB , AC , of two different metals , of 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 ...
... bars , AB , AC , of two different metals , of 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 ...
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Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.