 Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the object, which produces in us that sensation from whence we denominate the object hot ; so what in our sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion.  The Edinburgh Review - Page 51864Full view - About this book
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1869 - 486 pages
...beyond the pale of doubt by the excellent quantitative researches of Mr. Joule. "Heat," says Locke, " is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts...the object, which produce in us that sensation from which we denominate the object hot ; so what in our sensation is lieattn the object is nothing but... | |
 | Charles Coulston Gillispie - Science - 1960 - 596 pages
...metaphysics. He wrote a summary paper in 1849. ^ ij prefaced by two statements, the first from Locke: Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the object, which produces in us that sensation from which we denominate the object hot; so what in our sensation is... | |
 | Physics - 1862 - 1550 pages
...numerous contributors to that great step in physical science. Two centuries ago, Locke said that “ Heat is ¿a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the object, which produces in us that sensation from whence we dc. nominate the object hot ; so that what in our sensation... | |
 | I.F. Goldstein, M. Goldstein - Medical - 1984 - 428 pages
...them on fire, by the rubbing of the naves [hub or axle] of the wheels upon them." He concluded that "heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the object, which produces in use that sensation from whence we denominate the object hot. . . ."(3) The Usefulness of... | |
 | John Locke - Empiricism - 1992 - 424 pages
...qualities is the great instrument of nature that she makes use of in most, if not all, her productions. Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the object, which produces in us that sensation from whence we denominate the object hot; so what in our sensation is... | |
 | Robert D. Purrington - Medical - 1997 - 276 pages
...attributed heat to the motion of the small parts of bodies.3 John Locke echoed Newton, saying that "heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the object ... so that what in our sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion."* Robert Boyle clarified... | |
 | Keith James Laidler - Philosophy - 2002 - 172 pages
...regarded matter as composed of atoms, and their idea was expressed very clearly by John Locke (1632-1704): 'Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the object [ie of the atoms], which produces in us that sensation from which we denominate the object hot; so... | |
 | Ingo Müller - Science - 2007 - 336 pages
...century earlier 41 Heat is the very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the object, which produces in us that sensation, from whence we denominate the object hot; so what in our sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion. Largely due to Kelvin's propaganda,... | |
 | Pharmacy - 1864 - 738 pages
...namely, A MOTION OF ITS ULTIMATE PARTICLES, which is almost the verbal definition of Ixjcke, who said, " Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts...sensation from whence we denominate the object hot : so what in our sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion." Sir H. Davy (Works, vol. ii. p.... | |
 | 1880 - 694 pages
...language which if possible seems still more modern, though he wrote of heat nearly 200 years ago : " Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the object, which produces in us that sensation from whence we denominate the object hot; so what in our sensation is... | |
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