gas willbe persuaded to go into less space, but a liquid v/iUnot be persuaded. OF SOLIDS.] PHYSICS. 27 PROPERTIES OP SOLIDS. 14. The peculiar distinction of a solid is that itinsists upon keeping not only a certain space or sizefor itself, hut also a certain figure or shape, * Experiment 7.—In Fig.… … Fie. 4. Here, again (lower figures) you see two pieces ofwood that have both the same shape or figure, hutthe one is much larger than the other—their size isdifferent. You see now what is meant by space or size orvolume (for the three words mean the same thing),and what by figure or shape. Now you…
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