 We have only to fuppofe the quantity of caloric to be proportioned to the diftance ; and if a fmall quantity exifts in Mercury, no more heat may be excited than is done by a large quantity in Saturn. There ftill remain fome other points of inquiry concerning...  Physical and Metaphysical Inquiries - Seite 107von Physical and metaphysical inquiries - 1806 - 335 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Daniel Tyerman - 1818 - 548 Seiten
...quantity of caloric to be proportioned to the distance ; and if a small quantity exists in the planet Mercury, no more heat may be excited than is done by a larger quantity in Saturn." To intimate the glory of his own infinite essence, Jehovah represents himself... | |
 | Walter MILLER (Merchant, of Perth.) - 1819 - 378 Seiten
...this view, thofe neereft the fun may have no more than OF MATTER. thofe at the moft remote diflance. We have only to fuppofe the quantity of caloric to...fource which is common to all material powers. The action of light upon body produces colours; that of air upon body produces founds. In like manner the... | |
 | Samuel Parkes - 1823 - 722 Seiten
...quantity of caloric to be proportioned to the distance ; and if a small quantity exists in the planet Mercury, no more heat may be excited than is done by a larger quantity in Saturn s. /^f •'•' \ 8 See Millar's Physical and Metaphysical Inquiries, London,... | |
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