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Excerpt from A Brief Essay on Heat, Light, Electricity and Magnetism What is heat? This question, to one who has not reflected much on the subject, will appear easy of solu tion, and unimportant, and yet the ablest minds, from the dawn of science to the present day, have failed to reach a satisfactory solution. The importance of the correct solution equals the difficulties that surround the subject. The solution of this question will lead us into the inner chamber of the temple of science. All the forces of nature are intimately blended with the forces of heat. Light, heat and electricity are so intimately blended as to give rise to the supposition that they are different manifestations of the same force. Heat and motion are so intimately connected as to give rise to the theory of correlation of forces. This intimate connection has also given rise to what is called the dynamical, or mechanical theory of heat. This theory Views heat, as Dr. Tyndall expresses it, as a mere mode of motion. Grove, in writing on this subject, says, Though I am obliged, in order to be intelligible, to talk of heat as an entity, and of its conduction, radiation, &c., yet these expressions are, in fact, inconsistent with the dynamic theory which regards heat as motion and nothing else. Grove very properly says that he is obliged to Speak of heat as an entity in order to be understood, for how can a man speak intelligibly of a thing that does not exist? If heat is a nonentity we cannot rea son about its properties or effects, or even about its convertibility into something else. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from An Essay on Electricity: In Which the Theory and Practice of That Useful Science, Are Illustrated by a Variety of Experiments, Arranged in a Methodical Manner; To Which Is Added, an Essay on Magnetism Elee'trics differ from each other with refpe; to the'i'ahility with which they are excited, their force When'exc1ted, and the power with which they retain the effects of the excita tion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Excerpt from An Essay on Electricity: Explaining the Theory and Practice of That Useful Science; And the Mode of Applying It to Medical Purposes; With an Essay on Magnetism The various interruptions and avocations, from which, as a tradefman, I cannot be exempt, will, I hope, induce the reader to make fon'ie favour able allowances for any ermrs which he may dill cover, and kindly correct them for himfelf. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Electricity and Magnetism: An Elementary d104-Book, Theoretical and Practical When I ceased to deliver the first year course I was asked to print my lectures for the use, primarily, of the Students attending the practical classes; the lectures on Mechanics, Heat and Light have been in type for some years. Other claims on my time have prevented the issue of the present volume until now, when it appears in response to the promise made several years ago. Meanwhile the subject has changed; but while this is the case the elementary laws and measurements on which the science is based remain unaltered, and I trust the book may he found of service to others besides my successors at the Cavendish Laboratory. As in the other books of the Series, I have again to thank Mr Fitzpatrick for his very valuable assistance. He has read all the proofs and suggested numerous improvements, and has thus brought the book up to date as representing a course which many years' experience has proved to be a useful one for elementary students. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from An Attempt to Show That Light, Heat, Electricity, and Magnetism Are Effects of the Law of Gravitation In the following attempt, we shall treat the subject in inverse order, from the common classification, by commencing with Magnetism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Researches on Magnetism, Electricity, Heat, Light, Crystallization, and Chemical Attraction: In Their Relations to the Vital Force The present publication is the first volume of a work, in which the whole of the observations made, up to this time, by Baron von reichenbach, on the very interesting and important subject on which it treats, are to be permanently placed on record; and, at the request of the Author, I have undertaken to lay these researches, as they shall appear, before the British Public. The present volume, which includes all that has yet been published in Germany, consists of two Parts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.