 To form some conception of the degree of coarse-grainedness indicated by this conclusion, imagine a globe of water or glass, as large as a football,1 to be magnified up to the size of the earth, each constituent molecule being magnified in the same proportion....  On Earthquakes: Collected Pamphlets]. - Seite 174von T. J. J. See - 1907Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Ellard Gore - 1893 - 486 Seiten
...an inch ! Sir William Thomson says : '• Imagine a globe of water or glass as large as a football to be magnified up to the size of the earth, each...proportion. The magnified structure would be more coarse-grained than a heap of small shot, but probably less coarse-grained than a heap of footballs."... | |
 | Thomas Edward Thorpe - 1894 - 406 Seiten
...implied by this conclusion, he asks us to imagine a globe of water or glass, as large as a football, to be magnified up to the size of the earth, each...proportion. The magnified structure would be more coarse-grained than a heap of small shot, but probably less coarse-grained than a heap of footballs... | |
 | Sir William Augustus Tilden - 1899 - 284 Seiten
...Imagine a globe of water, or glass, as large as a football (or say a globe of 16 centimetres diameter), to be magnified up to the size of the earth, each...proportion. The magnified structure would be more coarse-grained than a heap of small shot, but probably less coarse-grained than a heap of footballs."... | |
 | Sir William Augustus Tilden - 1899 - 296 Seiten
...molecule being magnified in the same proportion. The magnified structure would be more coarse-grained than a heap of small shot, but probably less coarse-grained than a heap of footballs." — Lecture at Royal Inst., Feb. 1883. being less than 1 part in 10,000. Taking the ratio between these... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1900 - 498 Seiten
...molecule. He estimates that if a ball, say of water or glass, about " as large as a football, were to be magnified up to the size of the earth, each...proportion, the magnified structure would be more coarse-grained than a heap of shot, but probably less coarse-grained than a heap of footballs." Several... | |
 | Harry Clary Jones - 1902 - 594 Seiten
...coarse-grainedness indicated by this conclusion, imagine a raindrop, or a globe of glass as large as a pea, to be magnified up to the size of the earth, each...same proportion. The magnified structure would be coarser-grained than a heap of small shot, but probably less coarse-grained than a heap of cricket... | |
 | Harry Clary Jones - 1903 - 558 Seiten
...Lord Kelvin in England. In his own words ; " Imagine a raindrop or a globe of glass as large as a pea, to be magnified up to the size of the earth ; each constituent being magnified in the same proportion. The magnified structure would be coarsergrained than a heap... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 378 Seiten
...molecule. He estimates that if a ball, say of water or glass, about " as large as a football, were to be magnified up to the size of the earth, each...proportion, the magnified structure would be more coarse-grained than a heap of shot, but probably less coarse-grained than a heap of footballs." Several... | |
 | Royal Samuel Copeland - 1904 - 38 Seiten
...as to the size of a molecule. He says : "Imagine a rain drop or a globe of glass as large as a pea, to be magnified up to the size of the earth, each...same proportion. The magnified structure would be coarser grained than a heap of small shot, but probably less coarse grained than a heap of cricket... | |
 | Charles Edmund Fisher - 1904 - 404 Seiten
...as to the size of a molecule. He says: "Imagine a rain drop or a globe of glass as large as a pea, to be magnified up to the size of the earth, each...same proportion. The magnified structure would be coarser grained than a heap of small shot, but probably less coarse grained than a heap of cricket... | |
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