The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, 11. köideA. and C. Black, 1860 |
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... Heat and Com- bustion to the Use and Economy of Fuel . Being the substance of a Paper read before the Aberdeen Philo- sophical Society , 11th February 1859. By ALEX- ANDER D. MILNE , 45 5. On the Disguises of Nature ; being an Inquiry.
... Heat and Com- bustion to the Use and Economy of Fuel . Being the substance of a Paper read before the Aberdeen Philo- sophical Society , 11th February 1859. By ALEX- ANDER D. MILNE , 45 5. On the Disguises of Nature ; being an Inquiry.
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... Heat and Com- bustion to the Use and Economy of Fuel . Being the substance of a Paper read before the Aberdeen Philosophical Society , 11th February 1859. By ALEXANDER D. MILNE . Part II . PAGE 173 192 3. Notes on Californian Trees . By ...
... Heat and Com- bustion to the Use and Economy of Fuel . Being the substance of a Paper read before the Aberdeen Philosophical Society , 11th February 1859. By ALEXANDER D. MILNE . Part II . PAGE 173 192 3. Notes on Californian Trees . By ...
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... well known , the author had frequent data to guide him , and feels confident that the numbers stated are close approximations to the reality . 45 On the Application of certain Laws of Heat and 44 On the Vestiges of Extinct Glaciers .
... well known , the author had frequent data to guide him , and feels confident that the numbers stated are close approximations to the reality . 45 On the Application of certain Laws of Heat and 44 On the Vestiges of Extinct Glaciers .
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... heat . Our present inquiry refers to combustion effected for the production of heat by means of ordinary fuel . There are two modes in which this subject may be inves- tigated . We may begin with first principles and ascertained ...
... heat . Our present inquiry refers to combustion effected for the production of heat by means of ordinary fuel . There are two modes in which this subject may be inves- tigated . We may begin with first principles and ascertained ...
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... heat , the supply of air be suddenly diminished , the oxygen may combine with two atoms carbon instead of one , and thus form carbonic oxide CO , instead of carbonic acid CO ,. Or the hydrogen and carbon , where both are present , may ...
... heat , the supply of air be suddenly diminished , the oxygen may combine with two atoms carbon instead of one , and thus form carbonic oxide CO , instead of carbonic acid CO ,. Or the hydrogen and carbon , where both are present , may ...
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