 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - Physics - 1821 - 366 pages
...give you an idea of the extreme porosity of bodies, sir Isaac Newton conjectured that if the earth were so compressed as to be absolutely without pores, its dimensions might possibly nat be more than a cubic inch. Caroline. What an idea! Were we not indebted to sir Isaac Newton... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand), Thomas P. Jones - Physics - 1826 - 286 pages
...give you an idea of the extreme porosity of bodies, sir Isaac Newton conjectured that if the earth were so compressed as to be absolutely without pores, its dimensions might possibly not be more than a cubic inch. Caroline. What an idea ! Were we not indebted to sir Isaac... | |
 | Physics - 1832 - 642 pages
...discerned. To give an idea of the extreme porosity of bodies, Sir Isaac Newton conjectured that-if the earth were so compressed as to be absolutely without pores, its dimensions might possibly not be more than a cubic inch. The elasticity of ivory is very perfect ; that is to say, it... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Physics - 1838 - 266 pages
...To give an idea of the extreme porosity of bodies, Sir Isaac Newton conjectured, that if the earth were so compressed as to be absolutely without pores,...its dimensions might not be more than a cubic inch. The elasticity of ivory is very perfect, that is to say, it restores itself after compression, with... | |
 | Jane Marcet - 1839 - 544 pages
...give you an idea of the extreme porosity of bodies, Sir Isaac Newton conjectured that if the earth were so compressed as to be absolutely without pores, its dimensions might possibly not be more than a cubic inch. CAROLINE. What an idea ! Were we not indebted to Sir Isaac... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Physics - 1849 - 418 pages
...fragments. This property belongs chiefly to hard bodies. * Sir Isaac Newton conjectured, that if the earth were so compressed as to be absolutely without pores,...expansibility ? 15. What is mobility ? 16. What is elasticity ? What substance possesses this property in a remarkable degree ? 17. What is malleability? Does this... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Physics - 1850 - 408 pages
...fragments. This property belongs chiefly to hard bodies. * Sir Isaac Newton conjectured, that if the earth were so compressed as to be absolutely without pores,...expansibility ? 15. What is mobility ? 16. What is elasticity ? What substance possesses this property in a remarkable degree ? 17. What is malleability? Does this... | |
 | George Grant - 1852 - 260 pages
...discovered.. To give an idea of the extreme porosity of bodies, Sir Isaac Newton conjectured that if the earth were so> compressed as to be absolutely without pores, its dimensions might possibly not be more than a cubia inch. Birds, in flying, strike the air with their wings j: and it... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Physics - 1856 - 472 pages
...any force which tends to change the figure of the * Sir Isaac Newton conjectured that if the earth were so compressed as to be absolutely without pores, its dimensions might not exceed a cubio inch. f Under a pressure of fifteen pounds on a square inch, water has been diminished... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Electricity - 1856 - 502 pages
...any force which tends to change the figure of the * Sir Isaac Newton conjectured that if the earth were so compressed as to be absolutely without pores, its dimensions might not exceed a cubio inch. f Under a pressure of fifteen pounds on a square inch, water has been diminished... | |
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To give you an idea of the extreme porosity of bodies, sir Isaac Newton conjectured that if the earth were so compressed as to be absolutely without pores, its dimensions might possibly not be more than a cubic inch. 
