...explanation of the difference of velocities in something which depends not on space, but on time. Now we have every reason to think that a part of the velocity of sound depends on this circumstance : that from the suddenness of the condensation of the air, the heat evolved by that...

...every reason," he observes, " to think that a part of the ' Note 192. velocity of sound depends upon the circumstance that the law of elasticity of the air is altered by the instantaneous developement of latent heat on compression, or the contrary effect on expansion. Now, if this heat...

...principles themselves to our power in applying them. Thus Mr Airy, reasoning from analogy, observes: "We have every reason to think that a part of the...elasticity of the air is altered by the instantaneous developement of latent heat on compression, or the contrary effect on expansion. Now if this heat required...

...that this is true. t The difficulty might perhaps be explained thus. We have every reason to t',iuk that a part of the velocity of sound depends on the...effect on expansion. Now if this heat required time for ita development, the quantity of heat developed would depend on the time during which the particles...

...explanation of the difference of velocities in something which depends not on space, but on time. Now we have every reason to think that a part of the velocity of sound depends on this circumstance : that from the suddenness of the condensation of the air, the heat evolved by that...

...principles themselves to our power in applying them. Thus Mr Airy, reasoning from analogy, observes: "We have every reason to think that a part of the...elasticity of the air is altered by the instantaneous developement of latent heat on compression, or the contrary effect on expansion. Now if this heat required...