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" 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 - Page 300
by J. JOHNSON - 1801
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 2

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1796 - 554 pages
...which produces in us that fenfation, from whence we denominate the object hot; fo what incur fenfation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion. This appears by the way whereby heat is produced ; for vre fee that the rubbing of a brafs nail upon a board will make it very hot ; and the axle-trees of...
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An essay concerning human understanding. Also, extr. from the author's works ...

John Locke - 1819 - 468 pages
...qualities,'is the great instrument of nature, that she makes use of in most, if not all, her productions. Heat is a very brisk agitation, of the insensible...denominate the object hot; so what in our sensation is beat, in the object is nothing hut motion. This appears by the way whereby heat is produced ; for we...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 3

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1823 - 398 pages
...qualities is the great instrument of nature that she makes use of in most, if not all, her productions. Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts...nothing but motion. This appears by the way whereby heat i& produced; for we see that the rubbing of a brass nail upon a board will make it very hot; and the...
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The Works of John Locke, in Nine Volumes, Volume 2

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1824 - 520 pages
...the great instrument of nature, that she makes use of in most, if not all, her productions. Heat i8 a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of...which produces in Us that sensation, from whence we dehomiriate the object hot ; so what in titir sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion....
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An essay concerning human understanding. To which are now first ..., Volume 3

John Locke - 1828 - 422 pages
...qualities is the great instrument of nature that she makes use of in most, if not all, her productions. Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts...our sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but On the other side, the utmost degree of cold is the cessation of that motion of the insensible particles,...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: To which are Now First ..., Volume 3

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1828 - 432 pages
...qualities of bodies are discerned; as hard, soft, smooth, rough, dry, wet, clammy, and the like. e Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts...our sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but The due temperament of those two opposite qualities is the great instrument of nature that she makes...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 11

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 806 pages
...could not stand before him ; and we find the elder contended not for the gift, but for the honour. Id. Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts...sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion. Locke. Hops lying undried heats them, and changes their colour. Mortimer. The heati smiths take of...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science ..., Volume 11

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 826 pages
...could not stand before him ; and we find the elder contended not for the gift, but for the honour. Id. Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts...in our sensation is heat, in the object is nothing bat motion. Lneke. Hops lying undried htati them, and changes their colour. Mortimer. The heati smiths...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 1, Volume 11

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 416 pages
...stand before him ; and we find the elder contended not for the gift, but for the honour. Id. Heat i* a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of...sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion. Locke. Hops lying undried heatt them, and changes their colour. Mortimer. The heati smiths take of...
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Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volume 16

American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1881 - 508 pages
...attractive powers.' The philosopher Locke held the same view, and expressed it elegantly, thus : ' What in our sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion.' Bacon's definition of heat antedates all this, and is no less explicit. His words are : ' When I say...
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