An experimental inquiry into the nature and propagation of heat
John Leslie
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(RareBooksClub.com, May 14, 2012)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1804 Excerpt: ...which the impinging particles will encounter. The partial interrupted slides, or the small spaces described by each of these upon the surface of contact, may, in every case, be the same; since any augmentation' of velocity that can obtain, may be counterbalanced by the corresponding increased resistance. ' This obstructing force is altogether independent of the quality or nature of the surface from which it originates. It is of the same kind as what takes place in the flow of water through extended tubes, or in the motion of elongated bodies through fluids. In practical hydraulics, it is well known that, without altering the column of pressure, the quantity of discharge is greatly diminished, by merely lengthening the conduit-pipe; and that a long cylinder is dragged through water with much more difliculty than a short one of equal diameter. _No_r is the eflect at all modified by the peculiar properties of those cylinders, whether they are solid or hollow. Neither the adhesidn of the fluid to its confining surface, nor the degree of smoothness or polish, seems to have any visible influence. An extended horizontal pipe, constructed of wood, will deliver as much water, as a similar one of lead: and though the experiment has not been tried, it cannot be doubted, that the motion of air through long narrow tubes would be found perfectly analogous to that of water. The flight of an arrow, shot through the atmosphere, is very sensibly impeded by the length of its shaft. The sort of retardation which fluids experience in gliding over the surface of a solid obstacle is, therefore, distinct from resistance on the one hand, and from friction on the other, though more allied to the former. But clearly to trace its origin and mode of operation, will require a care...