A treatise on the forces which produce the organization of plants With an appendix containing several memoirs on capillary attraction, electricity, and the chemical action of light
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23537757 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John William Draper |
| Year | 1844 |
| Publication date | 1844-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5962/bhl.title.20514 |
| OpenAlex | W2497413004 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The Instrument consists of a Mixture of Chlorine and Hydrogen.-It is acted upon by Lamp Light, an Elec- tric Spark at a Distance, &-c.-Chlorine and Hydrogen unite in Proportion to the Amount of Light.-Mode of measuring out known Quantities of Rays.-TheMaximum of Action is in the Indigo Space.-Construc-tion of the Instrument.-Theoretical Conditions of Equilibrium.-Preliminary .\djustraenl.-Method of continuous Observation.-Method of interrupted Observation.-Remarkable Contraction and Expansion 187 CHAPTER XVII.O.N TITHOXIZED CHLORIXK.Description of the Experiment.-TheChange in the Chlorine is not Transient.-There are two Suges in the Phenomenon.-Rays are absorbed in producing this Change.-It is the Indigo Ray which is absorbed.-The Action is positive from End to End of the Spectrum.-TheIndigo Ray forms Muriatic Acid, as well as produces the Preliminary Tithonizaiion.-Change in other Elementary Bodies.-Verification of the preceding Results with the Tithonometer 198 CHAPTER XVIII.FARTHER CONSIDERATIONS ON THE EDSTEXCE OF A FOrETH UIPONDERABLE.Defects of former Eridence.-Anew Photometer.-Measures of the Light transmitted by Coloured Solutions.-Explosion of Chlorine and Hydrogen by a distant Electric Spark.-Absorptive Action of Media.The Absorptive Action on Light and the Tithonic Ravs follows different Laws.Opacity of Glass for Phosphoric Rays.-Determination of the Refrangibility of the Phosphoric Rays of an Electric Spark.-Refrangibility of the same Rays in the Voluic .\rc of Flame.-ProfessorHenry's Ex-periments.These Facu sene to prove that there are more than three Imponderables 205 \ INTRODUCTION.
Action (physics) · Art history · Attraction · Capillary action · Composite material · Electrical engineering · Electricity · Linguistics · Memoir · Physics · Chemistry · Engineering · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Materials Science · Philosophy · Seed Germination and Physiology
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
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| Citation span | 2005 - 2005 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |