 | John Trowbridge - Physics - 1884 - 408 pages
...Statement of the Principle of the Conservation of Energy.—"The total energy of any material system is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any action between the parts of the system, though it may be transformed into any of the forms of which... | |
 | Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir - Chemical Physical - 1885 - 350 pages
...quantity which " can neither be increased nor diminished by any action between " the parts of the system, though it may be transformed into any "of the forms of which energy is susceptible." This principle has been proved to be absolutely true for •systems fulfilling certain conditions,... | |
 | Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir - Chemistry, Physical and theoretical - 1885 - 344 pages
...which " can neither be increased nor diminished by any action between " the parts of the system, thouyh it may be transformed into any " of the forms of which energy is susceptible." This principle has been proved to be absolutely true for systems fulfilling certain conditions, and... | |
 | Joseph Smith Van Dyke - Evolution - 1886 - 494 pages
...created or annihilated, and that an essential cause is unattainable." * Prof. J. Clerk Maxwell says: " The total energy of any body or system of bodies,...these bodies, though it may be transformed into any one of the forces of which energy is susceptible." t Prof. Helmholtz affirms: " No portion of force... | |
 | Charles Force Deems, John Bancroft Devins - Apologetics - 1886 - 508 pages
...anticipated, in part at least. Prof. Clerk Maxwell thus defines the principle of the conservation of forces: " The total energy of any body or system of bodies is...be increased nor diminished by any mutual action of those bodies, though it may be transformed into any one of the forms of which energy is susceptible."... | |
 | James McCosh - Philosophy - 1887 - 272 pages
...agency. The doctrine is thus stated by Clerk Maxwell : " The total energy of any body or system of bodies can neither be increased nor diminished by any mutual...these bodies, though it may be transformed into any one of the forms of which energy is susceptible." The amount of energy is constant if unaffected by... | |
 | Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir, Charles Slater - Chemistry - 1887 - 390 pages
...quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any action between the parts of the system, though it may be transformed into any of the forms of which energy is susceptible." (Clerk Maxwell.) The energies of actually existing material systems depend upon the states of these... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1887 - 776 pages
...one of the main philosophical achievements of the epoch under discussion. According to that doctrine, the total energy of any body or system of bodies is a quantity as absolutely fixed and as incapable of suffering either increase or diminution as the matter of which... | |
 | Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir, Charles Slater - Chemistry - 1887 - 450 pages
...principle of the conservation of energy affirms that ; — "The total energy of any material system is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any action between the parts of the system, though it may be transformed into any of the forms of which... | |
 | Richard Wormell - Dynamics - 1887 - 282 pages
...theory is termed the Principle of the Conservation of Energy. The total energy of any material system is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any action between the parts of the system. Deductions. — If external forces produce a change of configuration... | |
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The total energy of any body or system of bodies is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any mutual action of such bodies, though it may be transformed into any one of the forms of which energy is susceptible. 
