The Royal Institution: Its Founder and Its First ProfessorsLongmans, Green, 1871 - 431 páginas |
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... wrote questions on light , heat , and the wind . In 1769 , when seventeen , he was apprentice and clerk to a drygoods dealer at Boston . There he went to an evening - school to learn French , paying 2 [ CHAP . I. THE ROYAL INSTITUTION .
... wrote questions on light , heat , and the wind . In 1769 , when seventeen , he was apprentice and clerk to a drygoods dealer at Boston . There he went to an evening - school to learn French , paying 2 [ CHAP . I. THE ROYAL INSTITUTION .
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... heat that pieces acquire when they are fired with powder without any bullet , and being desirous of finding out whether it is a circumstance that obtains universally , I was very attentive to the heat of the barrel after each of the ...
... heat that pieces acquire when they are fired with powder without any bullet , and being desirous of finding out whether it is a circumstance that obtains universally , I was very attentive to the heat of the barrel after each of the ...
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... heat through various substances ; on the increased difficulty of conduction of heat through the torricellian vacuum ; on the effect of humidity in increasing the conducting power of the air ; and on the effect of air of different ...
... heat through various substances ; on the increased difficulty of conduction of heat through the torricellian vacuum ; on the effect of humidity in increasing the conducting power of the air ; and on the effect of air of different ...
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... heat acts a very important part in that operation . Air is a perfect non- conductor of heat . These experiments were chiefly made in 1787. They were not read before the Royal Society until January 19 , 1792 . Early in the winter of 1787 ...
... heat acts a very important part in that operation . Air is a perfect non- conductor of heat . These experiments were chiefly made in 1787. They were not read before the Royal Society until January 19 , 1792 . Early in the winter of 1787 ...
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... institution for introducing and bringing forward into general use new inventions and improve- ments , particularly such as relate to the manage- ment of heat and the saving of fuel , and 44 [ CHAP . I. THE ROYAL INSTITUTION .
... institution for introducing and bringing forward into general use new inventions and improve- ments , particularly such as relate to the manage- ment of heat and the saving of fuel , and 44 [ CHAP . I. THE ROYAL INSTITUTION .
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