Experiments on absorption / by John W. Draper.

  • Draper, John William, 1811-1882.
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[1836]
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Credit: Experiments on absorption / by John W. Draper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / I ■7 Art. I. Experiments on Msorption. Bj John W. Draper, M. D. Christiansville, Mecklenbura;, Va. 1. If we could place a known volume of vapour in the centre of an extensive void, where no disturbance from without could soUcit its particles to move in one direction rather than another, it is to be sup- posed, that, conformably to certain laws tliat are known to obtain and operate on bodies of an aerial constitution, movement would ensue, nulstr'f I ^P'^ ^^1^ «^P^d, by a species of re- sot svst.^ ^ ^^'^^ ^^^^ ^-^^1^ the th se TZ 7' '^T '''^ fulfil ^^'^dition,. d bv tt rf Tr^r' '^'Sh very large paths, and are disturb- t it ZT T ^'^ P^^*' approximate Tonomir 1 K ; '^''^^^^uted, are not disposed to expand. As- tTZn 2 ' ' ^^P^^--^ t-^P'-^^^ beyond a relet a^s7 T'^Tu' ''^^^^ pon which they are formed, ^'---^''-twould do, to prevent their any chtlTof''*^**^d' '^Id not in any length of time, undergo first motion '^''P'^^'^r' ^S^^^' «° the would r Tain ' T',''' '^^''^^^^ equilibrium,>at equilibrium would remain undisturbed, unless forces from without were brought