 other lovers of natural knowledge, that the various forms under which the forces of matter are made manifest have one common origin, or, in other words, are so directly related and mutually dependent that they are convertible, as it were, one into another,...  Scientific Materialism and Ultimate Conceptions - Page 26by Sidney Billing - 1879 - 370 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1846 - 610 pages
...with many philosophers, Dr. Faraday has long entertained an opinion, that the various physical forces have one common origin, or, in other words, are so...convertible, as it were, one into another, and possess equivalents of power in their action. We have said that this opinion was not confined to Dr. Faraday... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1847 - 592 pages
...:— ' I have long held an opinion, almost amounting to conviction, in common, I hclieve, with many other lovers of natural knowledge, that the various...dependent, that they are convertible, as it were, into one another, and possess equivalents of power in their action. In modern times the proofs of their... | |
 | 1851 - 584 pages
...speaks : " I have long held an opinion, almost amounting to conviction, in commoii, I believe, with many other lovers of natural knowledge, that the various...have one common origin ; or, in other words, are so directlv related and mutually dependent, that they are convertible, as it were, one into another, and... | |
 | William Henry Holcombe - 1852 - 344 pages
...speculations: "I have long held an opinion, almost amounting to conviction, in common, I believe, with many other lovers of natural knowledge, that the various...other words, are so directly related, and mutually dependant, that they are convertible, as it were, one into another, and possess equivalents of power... | |
 | Michael Faraday - Electricity - 1855 - 632 pages
...light. 2146. l^HAVE long held an opinion, almost amounting to conviction, in common I believe with many other lovers of natural knowledge, that the various...convertible, as it were, one into another, and possess equi1 Philosophical Transactions, 1840, p. 1. 1 The title of this paper has, I understand, lead many... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1856 - 634 pages
..."(2146.)—I have long held an opinion, almost amounting to conviction, in common, I believe, with many other lovers of natural knowledge, that the various...convertible, as it were, one into another, and possess equivalents of power in their action. In modern times, the proofs of their convertibility have been... | |
 | Technology - 1856 - 650 pages
...long held an opinion, almost amounting to conviction, in common, I believe, with many other lover« of natural knowledge, that the various forms under...convertible, as it were, one into another, and possess equivalents of power in their action. In modern times, the proofs of their convertibility have been... | |
 | James George Davey - 1858 - 368 pages
...held an opinion," says Sir M. Faraday, "almost amounting to conviction, in common I believe, with many other lovers of natural knowledge, that the various...dependent, that they are convertible, as it were, and possess equivalents of power in their action.' 1 The history of the " Grimstoue pea " is an evident... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1858 - 448 pages
...opinion," says Mr. Faraday, in 1845, " almost amounting to conviction, in common I believe with many other lovers of natural knowledge, that the various...which the forces of matter are made manifest have a common origin, or in other words, arc so directly related and mutually dependent, that they are convertible... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1858 - 448 pages
...opinion," says Mr. Faraday, in 1845, " almost amounting to conviction, in common I believe with many other lovers of natural knowledge, that the various...which the forces of matter are made manifest have a common origin, or in other words, are so directly related and mutually dependent, that they are convertible... | |
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