On radiation. 'Bede' lect., 1865Longman and Company, 1865 - 62 pages |
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... plate of copper , against the back of which a steady sheet of flame is permitted to play . On emerging from the ... plates of rocksalt , this being the only solid sub- stance which offers a scarcely sensible obstacle to the passage ...
... plate of copper , against the back of which a steady sheet of flame is permitted to play . On emerging from the ... plates of rocksalt , this being the only solid sub- stance which offers a scarcely sensible obstacle to the passage ...
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... plate of copper , to be exhausted by an air - pump , the two sources of heat acting at the same time on the two opposite faces of the pile . Perfectly equal quantities of heat being imparted to the two faces , the needle points to zero ...
... plate of copper , to be exhausted by an air - pump , the two sources of heat acting at the same time on the two opposite faces of the pile . Perfectly equal quantities of heat being imparted to the two faces , the needle points to zero ...
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... plate of copper , enormous differences of absorptive power are manifested . These differences illustrate in the most unexpected manner the influ- ence of chemical combination . Thus the elementary gases , oxygen , hydrogen and nitrogen ...
... plate of copper , enormous differences of absorptive power are manifested . These differences illustrate in the most unexpected manner the influ- ence of chemical combination . Thus the elementary gases , oxygen , hydrogen and nitrogen ...
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... plate of carbon in vacuo , or upon a thin sheet of platinized 1 I borrow this term from Professor Challis , Philosophical Magazine , Vol . XII . p . 521 . platinum , either in vacuo or in air , radiant Transmutation of Rays Calorescence ...
... plate of carbon in vacuo , or upon a thin sheet of platinized 1 I borrow this term from Professor Challis , Philosophical Magazine , Vol . XII . p . 521 . platinum , either in vacuo or in air , radiant Transmutation of Rays Calorescence ...
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... plates some descriptions tint the sun with a greenish hue : others make it appear a glowing red without any trace of green . The latter are by far more diathermic than the former . In fact , carbon when perfectly dissolved , and ...
... plates some descriptions tint the sun with a greenish hue : others make it appear a glowing red without any trace of green . The latter are by far more diathermic than the former . In fact , carbon when perfectly dissolved , and ...
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absorbs Acetic ether Amy Herbert Amylene Ancient aqueous vapour ATLAS atmosphere atoms augmented Author Bart Bisulphide of carbon body Calorescence calorific rays calorific waves Cantab carbonic acid chemical Chemistry Coll coloured dark rays Dictionary Edinburgh Review electric light elementary Elements emitted English Essays experiments Fourth Edition Fraser's Magazine gases Geography Germanica glass Handbook HISTORY of ENGLAND incandescence intercept invisible rays iodine Lectures liquids LORD MACAULAY LYRA Manual molecules MOORE'S Natural non-luminous numbers obscure rays olefiant gas opaque optic nerve oxygen pass Physical Plates platinum wire Portrait Post 8vo Practical PUBLISHED BY LONGMAN radiant heat radiation and absorption refrangibility rendered retina revised Science Second Edition SECOND SERIES Sir William Herschel solar spectrum Square crown 8vo Sulphuric ether temperature thermo-electric pile Third Edition tion Translated Treatise tube ultra-red ultra-red rays vibrations visible visible spectrum vols wave motion waves of ether white heat Wood Engravings Woodcuts
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