Lectures on some recent advances in physical science with a special lecture on force (1876)
Tait, Peter Guthrie, 1831-1901 · London, Macmillan and co. · leaf 161
o extend the india-rubber, produces a movement ofthe reflected light up the scale. Hence, if this india-rubber were to expand further by the application ofheat, we should see the spot of light on the scale move 134 TRANSFORMATION OF ENERGY. farther up; but, on the contrary, as soon as heat… … heat, so that it will require some time to cool; but ifwe were to allow it time to do soy we should find itreturn almost exactly to its original length; so thatwhile being heated under tension it contracts, and whilecooling under tension it expands. TRANSFORMATION OF ENERGY. 135 [Clerk-Maxwell has…
Force and energy · Matter · Heat · Spectrum analysis
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