Essentials of PhysicsAmerican Book Company, 1913 - 536 pages |
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... means of traveling through the most unstable of fluids , the air . The Gatun locks of the Panama Canal are triumphs of mechanical engineering . The work of the electrical engineer is shown in the elec- tric power station , the electric ...
... means of traveling through the most unstable of fluids , the air . The Gatun locks of the Panama Canal are triumphs of mechanical engineering . The work of the electrical engineer is shown in the elec- tric power station , the electric ...
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... means that the molecules of a liquid will glide over one another , and that the liquid will take the shape of any vessel into which it is poured . In gases the molecule has a high velocity , moving in a straight - line path until it ...
... means that the molecules of a liquid will glide over one another , and that the liquid will take the shape of any vessel into which it is poured . In gases the molecule has a high velocity , moving in a straight - line path until it ...
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... means of experiments that physicists have dis- covered the laws of physics . In interpreting the results of various experiments an hypothesis is formed to explain these results . When the hypothesis is found to account satis- factorily ...
... means of experiments that physicists have dis- covered the laws of physics . In interpreting the results of various experiments an hypothesis is formed to explain these results . When the hypothesis is found to account satis- factorily ...
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... means has practically no limit . The finest crayon dust is made up of small bodies of chalk , as may be seen by examining it with a microscope . Demonstration . -- Drop a little red ink upon the 16 THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER.
... means has practically no limit . The finest crayon dust is made up of small bodies of chalk , as may be seen by examining it with a microscope . Demonstration . -- Drop a little red ink upon the 16 THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER.
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... mean solar time , and is g600 of the mean solar day . Mean solar time is the time in common use , recorded by clocks and watches . Since the motion of the earth in its path around the sun is not uniform , the number of seconds that ...
... mean solar time , and is g600 of the mean solar day . Mean solar time is the time in common use , recorded by clocks and watches . Since the motion of the earth in its path around the sun is not uniform , the number of seconds that ...
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Page 80 - Every particle of matter in the universe attracts every other particle with a force that varies directly as the product of their masses, and inversely as the square of the distance between them.
Page 49 - Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force and takes place in the direction of the straight line in which the force acts.
Page 81 - While the term gravitation is applied to the universal attraction existing between particles of matter, the more restricted term gravity is applied to the attraction that exists between the earth and bodies upon or near its surface. The law given above applies to gravity, provided that d is measured in a straight line from the center of the earth to the center of mass of the body. This line is called a vertical line, or sometimes a plumb line (from the Latin word plumbum, which means " lead "), as...
Page 186 - Jar, bent towards the negative side ; a pith ball, under similar circumstances, moves in the same direction ; when a charged Jar is placed under the receiver of an air pump, and the air is exhausted, a luminous cloud flows from the positive to the negative side, in whichever way the Jar is electrified.
Page 178 - The temperature remaining the same, the volume of a given mass of gas varies inversely as the pressure acting upon it. This may be expressed by the proportion V: V = P' : P, from which we get Pr=P'V, (42) ie PV= a constant quantity.
Page 148 - ... twenty years ago, sought to graft upon this basis a system of psychology ; and two years ago a second and greatly amplified edition of his work appeared. Those who...
Page 147 - A body immersed in a liquid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the liquid displaced by it.
Page 282 - ... the specific heat of a substance is the number of calories required to change the temperature of 1 g.
Page 49 - Every body must persevere in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it be compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
Page 446 - A'B = AB. This means that the image of a point in a plane mirror is on a perpendicular from the point to the mirror and as far behind the mirror as the object is in front of it.