Six lectures on light : delivered in America in 1872-1878 (1886)
Tyndall, John, 1820-1893 · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 38
n. Let theaction then continue, with the thin wire glowing, until100 grains of zinc are consumed. Will the amount ofheat generated in the battery be the same as before ?No, it will be less by the precise amount generated inthe thin wire outside the battery. In fact, by addingthe internal heat to… … of which is the greatest achievement of modern scientificphilosophy. By this arrangement, then, we are able toburn our zinc at one place, and to exhibit the effectsof its combustion at a distance. In New York, forexample, we may have our grate and fuel; but the heatand liglit of our fire may be…
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