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The mercury spreads over the surface with great facility , and the amalgamation is very rapid : a small quantity of dilute acid should be added from time to time ; this appears to act as a cleanser to the zinc , for in forming a voltaic ...
The mercury spreads over the surface with great facility , and the amalgamation is very rapid : a small quantity of dilute acid should be added from time to time ; this appears to act as a cleanser to the zinc , for in forming a voltaic ...
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supposing that all the quantities under the double sign of integration are expressed in terms of the two variables y ... while the first increase to a finite magnitude , and the others to some small quantity B , the quotients may pass ...
supposing that all the quantities under the double sign of integration are expressed in terms of the two variables y ... while the first increase to a finite magnitude , and the others to some small quantity B , the quotients may pass ...
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I am unable to form any other idea of intensity , than that of the ratio of quantity to space . Thus the intensity of the pressure of an elastic fluid , is as the quantity to the space in which it is confined .
I am unable to form any other idea of intensity , than that of the ratio of quantity to space . Thus the intensity of the pressure of an elastic fluid , is as the quantity to the space in which it is confined .
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Contents
JANUARY 1836 | 1 |
Mr J Tovey on the Relation between the Velocity and Length | 7 |
Mr W J Henwoods Observations on the Steam Engines | 20 |
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