The conservation of energy : being an elementary treatise on energy and its laws / by Balfour Stewart.

  • Stewart, Balfour, 1828-1887.
Date:
1881
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Credit: The conservation of energy : being an elementary treatise on energy and its laws / by Balfour Stewart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ARTICLE PAGE Aristotle on a Medium • « • • loo w ne wen b xvemarKS • • • « lOD The Ideas of the Ancients not Prolific • . 187, 188 . . 135 Descartes, Newton, and Huyghens on a Medium 189 . 136 Bacon on Heat ..... 190 . 137 Principle of Virtual Velocities . i 191 . . 137 Rise of True Conceptions regarding Work . 192 . 138 Perpetual Motion. . • ■ 193 . 139 Theory of Conservation . . « • 194 . 140 Dissipation of Energy . . • 195 . 141 Natural Energies and their Sources . • 196 . 143 (1) Fuel, embracing Wood and Coal 197 . 143 (2) Pood ..... 199 . .. 145 (3) Head of Water . 200 .. 146 (4) Tidal Energy.... 201 . 146 (£\ ^Tntivf* Snlrthur. &o. . . 202 .. 147 (6) Air and Water in Motion . * 203 .. 147 These come chiefly from the Sun 203 .. 147 The Sun—a Source of High Temperature Heat 204 . 148 A Perpetual Light Impossible 205 .. 149 The Sun is no Exception . > 206 .. 150 Origin of the Sun's Heat 207—208 . .. 150 Probable Fate of the Universe . . 20S>—210 . .. 152