Mater and Motion

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Excerpt from The Electrical Researches of the Honourable Henry Cavendish, F. R. S: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Edited From the Original Manuscripts in the Possession of the Duke of Devonshire, K. G The University of Cambridge has a deep interest both in the Author and in the Editor of the electrical investigations now presented in final form in this volume. Henry Cavendish matriculated in the University on 18 Dec. 1749, from Hackney School. According to records preserved at Peterhouse be commenced residence there on 24 Nov. 1749, and resided very regularly and constantly as a fellow-commoner until 23 Feb. 1753, when he left without proceeding to a degree. Two others Of the Cavendish family were at Peterhouse at the Same time; Henry's younger brother Frederick who was entered IO April, 1751, and also left without taking his degree; and his cousin Lord John Cavendish, fourth son of the Duke of Devonshire, afterwards Chancellor Of the Exchequer, who was entered 21 Feb. 1750 and became ma. In 1753. Among his contemporaries at Peterhouse, then as now a small society, were the Earl of Euston, afterwards as Duke Of Grafton prominent in the writings of Junius, Gray the poet and also Mason*, and the Greek critic Markland, who was Senior Fellow of the College at the time and always in residence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Matter and Motion

Maxwell, James Clerk

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THE AIM of this book is to exhibit the scientific connexion of the various steps by which our knowledge of the phenomena of heat has been extended. The first of these steps is the invention of the thermometer, by which the registration and comparison of temperatures is rendered possible. The second step is the measurement of quantities of heat, or Calorimetry. The whole science of heat is founded on Thermometry and Calorimetry, and when these operations are understood we may proceed to the third step, which is the investigation of those relations between the thermal and the mechanical properties of substances which form the subject of Thermodynamics.  The whole of this part of the subject depends on the consideration of the Intrinsic Energy of a system of bodies, as depending on the temperature and physical state, as well as the form, motion, and relative position of these bodies. Of this energy, however, only a part is available for the purpose of producing mechanical work, and though the energy itself is indestructible, the available part is liable to diminution by the action of certain natural processes, such as conduction and radiation of heat, friction, and viscosity.  THE DISTINCTION between hot bodies and cold ones is familiar to all, and is associated in our minds with the difference of the sensations which we experience in touching various substances, according as they are hot or cold. The intensity of these sensations is susceptible of degrees, so that we may estimate one body to be hotter or colder than another by the touch. The words hot, warm, cool, cold are associated in our minds with a series of sensations which we suppose to indicate a corresponding series of states of an object with respect to heat.  We use these words, therefore, as the names of these states of the object, or, in scientific language, they are the names of Temperatures, the word hot indicating a high temperature, cold a low temperature, and the intermediate terms intermediate temperatures, while the word temperature itself is a general term intended to apply to any one of these states of the object.

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