Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the object, which produces In us that sensation, from •whence we denominate the object hot; so what in our sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion. THE WORKS OF JOHN LOCKE - Sivu 300tekijä(t) J. JOHNSON - 1801Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| Henry Charlton Bastian - 1872 - 526 sivua
...the object, which produces in us that sensation from whence we denominate the subject hot; so that what in our sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion.' But it was not till quite the close of the last century, in 1798, that Benjamin Thompson, afterwards... | |
| George Farrer Rodwell - 1873 - 752 sivua
...have fully recognized the theory which considers heat as a motion of matter. " Heat," he says, " ia a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of...sensation from whence we denominate the object hot; so that, what in our sensation is heat, in the object is uotling but motion." Thus far we have spoken... | |
| John Tyndall - 1873 - 582 sivua
...held a view of this kind,* and Locke stated a similar view with singular felicity. " Heat," he says, " is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts...which produces in us that sensation from whence we demonstrate the object hot : so, what iii our sensation is //.'//, in the object is nothing but motion."... | |
| James Nasmyth, James Carpenter - 1874 - 308 sivua
...motion and nothing else." Locke defines heat as "a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of an object, which produces in us that sensation from whence...sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion." Descartes and his followers upheld a similar opinion. Richard Boyle, two hundred years ago, actually... | |
| Victoria Institute (Great Britain) - 1876 - 486 sivua
...to speak for itself. I say at the close of the 23rd section of my paper "John Locke writes:—'Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts...whence we denominate the object "hot" ; so what in our own sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion.' It would be, perhaps, still more precise... | |
| Ernst Laas - 1876 - 380 sivua
...Stande sei. Und er hat von diesem Standpunkt aus jene « Erklärung » von der Wärme gegeben ( « a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the object, which produces in us the sensation»), welche Joule selbst so beifallswürdig fand, dass er sie bekanntlich einer seiner... | |
| John Tyndall - 1876 - 656 sivua
...beyond the pale of doubt by the excellent quantitative researches of Mr. Joule. ' Heat,' says Locke, ' is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the object, which produce in us that sensation from which we denominate the object hot : so what in our sensations is... | |
| John Tyndall - 1876 - 706 sivua
...beyond the pale of doubt by the excellent quantitative researches of Mr. Joule. ' Heat,' says Locke,' is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the object, which produce in us that sensation from which we denominate the object hot: -.> what in our sensations is... | |
| Robert Henry Thurston - 1878 - 524 sivua
...explicitly enough : " Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the object .... so that •what in our sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion." * The British heat-unit is the quantity of heat required to heat one pound of water 1° Fahr. from... | |
| Thomas Minchin Goodeve - 1879 - 364 sivua
...which it is customary to quote the following passage from Locke's writings, where it is stated : — ' Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts...is heat, in the object is nothing but motion.' This idea did not find favour with Black, who argued against the possibility of accounting for the phenomena... | |
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