...philosopher, a few years later said that heat "is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of an object which produces in us that sensation from whence we denominate the object hot; so that what in our sensation is heat, in the object Is nothing but motion." Becher, a German chemist,...

...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 of the object, which produce in us that sensation from which we denominate the object hot ; so what in our sensation is...

...could have been made clearer. More than two centuries ago, Locke, the English philosopher, said that " Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts...sensation from whence we denominate the object hot; so that what in our sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion." Francis Bacon had also previously...

...Organum, says : " Heat itself, its essence and quiddity, is motion and nothing else." Locke wrote: " What in our sensation is heat in the object, is nothing but motion." Descartes held the same opinion. Boyle, two centuries ago, wrote a treatise called, " The Mechanical...

...the object. which produceth in us that Sensation from whence we dunominate the object hot; so that what in our Sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion. 46I Experiment» et notae circa caloris et frigoris originem seu productionem mechanicam (Genf Iti94)....

...motion THE NATURE AND EFFECTS OF HEAT 3 was produced by an "igneous matter." Locke defined heat as "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 [that] what in our sensation is heat, in the object is nothing...

...the object, which produces in us that sensation from which we denominate the object hot ; so [that] what in our sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion." Young argued, " If heat be not a substance, it must be a quality; and this quality can only be a motion."...

...utterance which of late years has been most widely circulated is the following : ' Heat,' says Locke, ' is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the! object, which produces in ns that sensation from whence we denominate the object hot ; so what in our sensation is heat, in the...

...XI) auffand: „Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts oi the object, which prodnces in us that Sensation, from whence we denominate the...in our Sensation is heat, in the object is nothing bnt motion. This appears by the way whereby heat is produced ; for we see that the rubbing of a brass...

...century. Heat was considered by them as a motion among the particles of matter. ' Heat,' says Locke, ' is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts...the object, which produces in us that sensation from which we denominate the object hot ; so what in our sensation is heat, in the object- is nothing but...