The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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... molecule of oxygen is not in the very same place with the two molecules of hydrogen . Many persons cannot get rid of the opinion that all matter is extended in length , breadth , and depth . This is a pre- judice of the same kind with ...
... molecule of oxygen is not in the very same place with the two molecules of hydrogen . Many persons cannot get rid of the opinion that all matter is extended in length , breadth , and depth . This is a pre- judice of the same kind with ...
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... molecules when the gas is rare , and that it is only when the density of the gas is consider- ably increased that the effect of direct action between the molecules becomes apparent . The effect of the direct action of the molecules on ...
... molecules when the gas is rare , and that it is only when the density of the gas is consider- ably increased that the effect of direct action between the molecules becomes apparent . The effect of the direct action of the molecules on ...
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... molecules , and the distance at which they encounter each other . He assumed , however , at least in his earlier investigations , that the velocities of all the molecules are equal . The mode in which the velocities are distributed was ...
... molecules , and the distance at which they encounter each other . He assumed , however , at least in his earlier investigations , that the velocities of all the molecules are equal . The mode in which the velocities are distributed was ...
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... molecules of smaller mass from those of greater , as they would stream through porous substances with greater velocity . We should thus be able to separate a gas , say hydrogen , into two portions , having different densities and other ...
... molecules of smaller mass from those of greater , as they would stream through porous substances with greater velocity . We should thus be able to separate a gas , say hydrogen , into two portions , having different densities and other ...
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... molecules of oxygen or of nitrogen ; but since the molecules of organised substances contain on an average about 50 of the more elementary atoms , we may assume that the smallest organised particle visible under the microscope contains ...
... molecules of oxygen or of nitrogen ; but since the molecules of organised substances contain on an average about 50 of the more elementary atoms , we may assume that the smallest organised particle visible under the microscope contains ...
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