The conservation of energy : being an elementary treatise on energy and its laws / by Balfour Stewart.

  • Stewart, Balfour, 1828-1887.
Date:
1877
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The conservation of energy : being an elementary treatise on energy and its laws / by Balfour Stewart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ARTICLE PAGE Aristotle on a Mediwn . . . . 186 ... 134 Wtewell's Eemarks . . . . 186 ... 134 The Ideas of the Ancients not Prolific . , 187,188 ... 135 Descartes, Newton, <md Hv/yghens on a Medium . 189 ... 136 Bacon on Heat ..... 190 ... 137 Principle of Virtual Velocities . i . 191 ... 137 Eise of True Conceptions regajrding Work , 192 ... 138 Perpetual Motion. . . • • 193 ... 139 Theory of Conservation . . < . 194 ... 140 Dissipation of Energy . . » . 195 ... 141 Natural Energies and their Sources . . 196 ... 143 (1) Fuel, embracing Wood and Goal . 197 ...143 (2) Food ..... 199 ... 145 (3) Head of Water . . • . 200 ... 146 (4) Tidal Energy. . . . 201 ... 146 (5) Native Sulphur, &c. ... 202 ...147 (6) Air and Water in Motion . - 203 ...147 Tliese comecliiefly from the Sim . 203 ... 147 The Sun—a Sowce of Sigh Temperature Heat . 204 ... 148 A Perpetual Light Impossible . . 205 ...149 The Sun is no Exception . - • 206 ... 150 Origin of the Sun's Heat . . 207—208 ... 150 Probable Fate of the Universe . . • 209—210 ... 152