Supplement to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Editions1824 |
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... fluids , were also experimentally investigated ; and the barometer , after the ingenuity of Pascal had proved that the mercury stood lower the higher up into the atmosphere the instrument was carried , was at length brought to be a ...
... fluids , were also experimentally investigated ; and the barometer , after the ingenuity of Pascal had proved that the mercury stood lower the higher up into the atmosphere the instrument was carried , was at length brought to be a ...
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... fluid in which it is immersed , was made about this time . The differences of temperature were thus subjected to exact measurement ; the phenomena of heat became , of course , known with more certainty and precision ; and that substance ...
... fluid in which it is immersed , was made about this time . The differences of temperature were thus subjected to exact measurement ; the phenomena of heat became , of course , known with more certainty and precision ; and that substance ...
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... fluids , often transmit light of one colour and reflect light of another . Halley told Newton , that , being deep under the surface of the sea in a diving - bell , in a clear sunshine day , the upper side of his hand , on which the sun ...
... fluids , often transmit light of one colour and reflect light of another . Halley told Newton , that , being deep under the surface of the sea in a diving - bell , in a clear sunshine day , the upper side of his hand , on which the sun ...
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... fluid between the glasses was different from air , as when it was water , the succession of rings was the same ; the ... fluid which pervades , adorns , and enlightens the world . But the same experiments led to some new and unexpected ...
... fluid between the glasses was different from air , as when it was water , the succession of rings was the same ; the ... fluid which pervades , adorns , and enlightens the world . But the same experiments led to some new and unexpected ...
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... fluid . It is true that Huygens deduced from this last hypothesis an explanation of the law of refraction , on which considerable praise was bestowed in the former part of this Dissertation . It is undoubtedly very ingenious , but does ...
... fluid . It is true that Huygens deduced from this last hypothesis an explanation of the law of refraction , on which considerable praise was bestowed in the former part of this Dissertation . It is undoubtedly very ingenious , but does ...
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