Demon," to pick out from the internal motions those whose direction is opposed to the main current, and to omit those which are not so, and thus, without the expenditure of energy, to construct a force which will act against the main current itself. But... Philosophical Magazine - Page 4271894Full view - About this book
| American Engineer and Railroad Journal - Aeronautics - 1894 - 450 pages
...invesiigations of Ilelmho'.tz on atmospheric movements, 8llwngtberichte, Bcrllu, Maxwell, and which Lord Eelvin has called the "sorting demon," to pick out from the...not so, and thus without the expenditure of energy PLATE 1V. Wind Velocities recorded February 4, 1898, at the Smithsonian Institution. to construct a... | |
| Natural history - 1896 - 304 pages
...gleichförmigem Winde vermieden werden. Die Natur hat aber den Flugtieren ausnahmslos das Mittel verliehen, nicht »to pick out from the internal motions, those whose...force which will act against the main current itself« — sondern das Mittel, durch welches die flugschädlichen Wirkungen aller Unregelmässigkeiten und... | |
| Friedrich Ahlborn - Flight - 1896 - 148 pages
...den Flugtieren ausnahmslos das Mittel verliehen, nitht »to pick out from the internal motions, Ihose whose direction is opposed to the main current. and...force which will act against the main current itself« — sondern das Mittel, durch welches die flugschädlichen Wirkungen aller Unregelmässigkeiten und... | |
| Physics - 1894 - 646 pages
...direction is opposed to the main current, and to omit those which are not so, and thus, without tfie expenditure of energy, to construct a force which...further, and not only admit that it is not necessary to invoke here, as Maxwell has done in the case of thermodynamics, a being having power and rapidity of... | |
| English periodicals - 1894 - 710 pages
...notable investigations of Helmholtz on Atmospheric movements. Sitxungtberichte. Berlin. 1888 -1889. PART III. — Application. Of these irregular movements...further, and not only admit that it is not necessary to invoke here, as Maxwell has done in the case of thermodynamics, a being having power and rapidity of... | |
| Matthias Nace Forney - Aeronautics - 1893 - 182 pages
...to pick out from the internal motions those whose direction is opposed to the main current, and lo omit those which are not so, and thus without the...further, and not only admit that it is not necessary to invoke here, as Maxwell has done in the case of thermodynamics, a being having a power and rapidity... | |
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