The physiological combustion theory takes as its starting point the fundamental principle that the amount of heat that arises from the combustion of a given substance is an invariable quantity-i.e., one independent of the circumstances accompanying the combustion-from which it… — Robert Mayer Copy Share Image
I look upon myself as a musical bricklayer with architectural aspirations. — Robert Mayer Copy Share Image
Truly I say to you, a single number has more genuine and permanent value than an expensive library full of hypotheses. — Robert Mayer Copy Share Image
Nature has put itself the problem how to catch in flight light streaming to the earth and to store the most elusive of all… — Robert Mayer Copy Share Image
The blood corpuscles take up the atmospheric oxygen in the lungs, and the vital chemical process accordingly depends essentially on the combination of oxygen… — Robert Mayer Copy Share Image
It's a very good thing for students also to be exposed to people who aren't film students or film scholars but who work in… — Robert Mayer Copy Share Image
The fall of a given weight from a height of around 365 meters corresponds to the heating of an equal weight of water from 0° to 1°. — Robert Mayer Copy Share Image
My position is perfectly definite. Gravitation, motion, heat, light, electricity and chemical action are one and the same object in various forms of manifestation. — Robert Mayer Copy Share Image
The physiological combustion theory takes as its starting point the fundamental principle that the amount of heat that arises from the combustion of a… — Robert Mayer Copy Share Image
