"When a liquid boils, the temperature has been……" — William Henry Bragg
"When a liquid boils, the temperature has been raised to such a pitch that the evaporating molecules are sufficient in number and speed to lift off the air from the surface of the liquid and push it back en masse."
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William Henry Bragg
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11 Quotes by William Henry Bragg
William Henry Bragg has 11 quotes on this site.
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Science is experimental, moving forward step-by-step, making trial and learning through success and failure. Is not this also the way…
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From religion comes a man's purpose; from science, his power to achieve it. Sometimes people ask if religion and science…
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The atoms may be compared to the letters of the alphabet, which can be put together into innumerable ways to…
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Let us think of Nature as a builder, making all that we see out of atoms of a limited number…
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The chemist, whose science is immediately concerned with the combinations of atoms, has rarely found it necessary to discuss their…
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In a gas, motion has the upper hand; the atoms are moving so fast that they have no time to…
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Whenever we warm our hands by the fire, we allow the energy radiated by the fire to quicken up the…
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Sound is a movement which is handed on from atom to atom in a gas through which the sound is…
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The difference between a gas and a liquid is that in the former, the atoms and molecules move to and…
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The infinite variety in the properties of the solid materials we find in the world is really the expression of…
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More Air Quotes
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On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million…
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It's much easier to wear a Chairman Mao button and shake your fists in the air and all that, then…
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Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
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Kisses, even to the air, are beautiful.
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I love roller coasters that make my stomach drop. One ride in Las Vegas, the Big Shot, straps you into…
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Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity.
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The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.
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A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and…
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When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is…
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