Half Hours with Modern Scientists, Bind 1Charles C. Chatfield, 1871 - 288 sider |
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Side 41
... analogy demanded a like concession in behalf of vital force.3 From the notion that the effects of heat were due to an imponderable fluid called caloric , discovery passed to the conviction that heat was but a motion of material ...
... analogy demanded a like concession in behalf of vital force.3 From the notion that the effects of heat were due to an imponderable fluid called caloric , discovery passed to the conviction that heat was but a motion of material ...
Side 46
... . Moreover , heat and light have the very closest analogy ; exalt the rapidity with which the molecules move and light ap- pears , the difference being only one of intensity . Again , if electricity be our starting point , we 46 ( 10 )
... . Moreover , heat and light have the very closest analogy ; exalt the rapidity with which the molecules move and light ap- pears , the difference being only one of intensity . Again , if electricity be our starting point , we 46 ( 10 )
Side 56
... analogous to clectricity as is magnetism , is shown not only by the fact that the transmission of electricity along a nerve will cause the contraction of the muscle to which it leads , but also by the more important fact that the con ...
... analogous to clectricity as is magnetism , is shown not only by the fact that the transmission of electricity along a nerve will cause the contraction of the muscle to which it leads , but also by the more important fact that the con ...
Side 59
through 20 degrees . 34 In explanation of this production of heat , the analogy of the muscle at once suggests itself . No conversion of energy is complete ; and as the heat of muscular action represents force which has escaped ...
through 20 degrees . 34 In explanation of this production of heat , the analogy of the muscle at once suggests itself . No conversion of energy is complete ; and as the heat of muscular action represents force which has escaped ...
Side 15
... analogy shall assign intellect and vitality to the molecular constituents of the proto- plasm , in connection with which they are at least ex- hibited . In order , then , to obtain a footing on the ground offered us , the first question ...
... analogy shall assign intellect and vitality to the molecular constituents of the proto- plasm , in connection with which they are at least ex- hibited . In order , then , to obtain a footing on the ground offered us , the first question ...
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action actual energy ammonia analogy animal antithe appear atoms beam blue body brain called carbonic acid cell cerebellum cerebral hemispheres characters chemical chemistry circulatory system Comte condition constituents contractility converted correlation Darwin difference dust electricity ether waves evidence exhibited existence experiment fact floating matter functions genera genus geologic geological periods germ heat higher human Hume Huxley Huxley's hydrogen hypothesis ical idea identity infinite inorganic intellectual knowledge light manifestations material Max Schultze mechanical microscope mind molecular molecules Molluscs moral motion muscle muscular nature necessitarianism nitrogen nucleus object organic origin oxygen particles period phenomena philosophy plant plasm possess potential energy preëxisting present probably produced progress proto protoplasm quadrumana qualities question reason regard relation result scientific seen species spirit structure substance syntonin temperature theory things thought tion toplasm tricity truth tube vegetable vital force waves whole word