The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 7A. Constable, 1805 |
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Page 86
... light and heat as quite indifputable , though without adducing any new proofs of it . Light , he ob- ferves , is extremely fubtle , powerfully elaftic , or felf - repellent , and endued with a strong attraction for other bodies . When ...
... light and heat as quite indifputable , though without adducing any new proofs of it . Light , he ob- ferves , is extremely fubtle , powerfully elaftic , or felf - repellent , and endued with a strong attraction for other bodies . When ...
Page 88
... light , where , for want of accurate inftruments , it had formerly been fuppofed imperceptible . The light of the fky during fummer may amount , in this climate , to 30 or 40 degrees ; during winter , to 1 or 15. It is fmalleft when the ...
... light , where , for want of accurate inftruments , it had formerly been fuppofed imperceptible . The light of the fky during fummer may amount , in this climate , to 30 or 40 degrees ; during winter , to 1 or 15. It is fmalleft when the ...
Page 89
... light , or illumination , as the primary office of this ingenious machine . The identity of light and heat , Mr Leflie has not only failed to demonftrate , but has himself contributed , by his discoveries , to difprove . That light ...
... light , or illumination , as the primary office of this ingenious machine . The identity of light and heat , Mr Leflie has not only failed to demonftrate , but has himself contributed , by his discoveries , to difprove . That light ...
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hibiting Sketches of Society and Manners and | 29 |
Medical Reports on the Effects of Water Cold | 42 |
An Experimental Inquiry into the Nature and Propa | 63 |
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