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" Kelvin has shown that if a drop of water were magnified to the size of the earth the molecules of water would be of a size intermediate between that of a cricket ball and of a marble. "
Henley's Encyclopędia of Practical Engineering and Allied Trades: A ... - Page 199
edited by - 1907
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The Methodist Quarterly Review, Volume 36; Volume 58

Methodist Church - 1876 - 782 pages
...combinations. He gives us no comparative statement of their size, as one modern author does, who thinks that " if a drop of water were magnified to the size of our globe, the molecules composing it would be magnified to sizes varying from the size of shot to...
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The Methodist Quarterly Review, Volume 36; Volume 58

Methodist Church - 1876 - 778 pages
...combinations. He gives us no comparative statement of their size, as one modern author does, who thinks that " if a drop of water were magnified to the size of our globe, the molecules composing it would be magnified to sizes varying from the size of shot to...
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Science, Volume 22

John Michels (Journalist) - Science - 1905 - 908 pages
...of their size we must betake ourselves to a scheme of threefold magnification. Lord Kelvin has shown that if a drop of water were magnified to the size of the earth the molecules of water would be of a size intermediate between that of a cricketball and of a...
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A Text Book of the Principles of Physics

Alfred Daniell - Physics - 1884 - 686 pages
...concludes — Thomson and Tait, Natural Philosophy, voL i. part 2, App. F, 1883, and Nature, July 1883 — that if a drop of water were magnified to the size of the earth, the molecules or granules would each occupy spaces greater than those filled by small shot,...
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The national encyclopędia. Libr. ed, Volume 2

National cyclopaedia - 1884 - 642 pages
...millionth of an inch, or less than the iOOO millionth. These dimensions he has illustrated thus — " If a drop of water were magnified to the size of the earth, the atoms of which it is composed would appear larger than small shot, but they would not be...
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Report of the Annual Meeting

British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1885 - 1240 pages
...interesting speculations, founded upon physical phenomena, respecting the probable size of the atom, viz., ' that if a drop of water were magnified to the size of the earth, the constituent atoms would be larger than small shot, but smaller than cricket balls.' Again,...
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The Credentials of Science the Warrant of Faith

Josiah Parsons Cooke (Jr.) - Religion and science - 1888 - 362 pages
...is best given by means of the illustration already cited, which we owe to Sir William Thompson, who said that if a drop of water were magnified to the size of the earth, and the molecules of water magnified in the same proportion, they would certainly appear larger...
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Eclectic Physical Geography

Russell Hinman - Physical geography - 1888 - 404 pages
...microscope. Some idea of their extreme smallness may be gathered from Sir William Thomson's estimate. He says that if a drop of water were magnified to the size of the earth, its molecules, so magnified, would be about as large as base-balls. Common Properties of Matter....
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Introduction to Chemical Science

Rufus Phillips Williams - Chemistry - 1888 - 248 pages
...0° and 760 mm pressure contains 10 24 molecules, ie one with twenty-four ciphers. Thomson estimates that if a drop of water were magnified to the size of the earth, and its molecules increased in the same proportion, they would be larger than fine shot, hut...
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Appletons' School Physics: Embracing the Results of the Most Recent ...

John Duncan Quackenbos - Physics - 1891 - 572 pages
...molecule itself would probably occupy about one twentieth. Another way of stating the size is to say that if a drop of water were magnified to the size of the earth, the molecules would occupy spaces greater than those filled by small shot, and less than those...
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