HEAT: A MODE OF MOTION CLASSIC REPRINT

Excerpt from Heat: A Mode of Motion Not the results alone of scientific inquiry, but the operations of the inquiring mind, are of interest to the reader here in View. I have therefore tried to show the tendency displayed throughout history, by the most pro found investigators, to pass from the world of the senses to a world where vision becomes spiritual, where princi ples are elaborated, and from which the explorer emerges with conceptions and conclusions, to be approved or rejected according as they coincide, or refuse to coin cide, With sensible things. By his observations and reżec tions in the domain of fact the scientific philosopher is led irresistibly into the domain of theory, his final repose depending on the establishment of absolute harmony between both domains. Thus the motions of the solar system rest securely upon the Principle of Gravitation; light reposes on the Theory of Undulation, while it is the object of this took to show that thermal phenomena find a similar basis in the Mechanical Theory of Heat. 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.