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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Page 19
... weight in a question of this kind . In regard particularly to what may be termed the adventitious organisa- tion of the reproductive zooids , as compared with mere organs fulfilling the same function , this conclusion is strengthened by ...
... weight in a question of this kind . In regard particularly to what may be termed the adventitious organisa- tion of the reproductive zooids , as compared with mere organs fulfilling the same function , this conclusion is strengthened by ...
Page 21
... weight in support of an essential community of nature between the proper organs of reproduction , and all such isolated gamomor- phic forms , whether of the vegetable or the animal kingdom . This correspondence has been most ...
... weight in support of an essential community of nature between the proper organs of reproduction , and all such isolated gamomor- phic forms , whether of the vegetable or the animal kingdom . This correspondence has been most ...
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... weight . The transformation that occurs in the combustion of carbon may be thus represented , atomically : - Carbon , 1 atom = 6 Products of Combustion . Atmos . air , Oxygen , 2 atoms = 16. J Carbonic Acid , containing Nitrogen , Or ...
... weight . The transformation that occurs in the combustion of carbon may be thus represented , atomically : - Carbon , 1 atom = 6 Products of Combustion . Atmos . air , Oxygen , 2 atoms = 16. J Carbonic Acid , containing Nitrogen , Or ...
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... weight of water heated 1 ° Fahr . by the caloric generated in the combustion of 1 part by weight of the combustible . The data may be relied on , as the results for carbon by Despretz , Grassi , and Andrews , vary only 2 per cent .; and ...
... weight of water heated 1 ° Fahr . by the caloric generated in the combustion of 1 part by weight of the combustible . The data may be relied on , as the results for carbon by Despretz , Grassi , and Andrews , vary only 2 per cent .; and ...
Page 48
... weight of these products is 12-6 lb. Thus , -54,776 ° 12.6 = 4347 ° , which is the intensity of temperature produced , sup- posing no loss by radiation or conduction , and the specific heats to be the same at high temperatures as at low ...
... weight of these products is 12-6 lb. Thus , -54,776 ° 12.6 = 4347 ° , which is the intensity of temperature produced , sup- posing no loss by radiation or conduction , and the specific heats to be the same at high temperatures as at low ...
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