...ascertained further that ' the total energy * Nature, vol. xv. p. 889. ' of any body, or system of bodies, is a quantity which can ' neither be increased nor diminished by any mutual action ' of these bodies, though it may be transformed into any of ' the forms of which energy...

...neither be increased nor diminished by any Conservation of Energy. 93 mutual action of these bodies, though it may be transformed into any of the forms of which energy is susceptible.' If by the application of mechanical force, heat, or any other kind of action to a body, or system of...

...quantity which can neither be increased nor diminislied by any mutual action of these bodies, tlwugh it may be transformed into any of the forms of which energy is susceptible.' If by the application of mechanical force, heat, or any other kind of action to a body, or system of...

...GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY. ' The total energy of any body or system of bodies is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any Conscrtiaticn of Energy. 93 mutual action of these ladies, though it may be transformed into any of...

...ARTIOLE LXXTV.—GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE PRINCIPLE OF THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY. r , . i • \ . I The total energy of any material system is a quantity...into any of the forms of which energy is susceptible. If, by the action of some agent external to the system, the configuration of the system is changed,...

...has been stated by Clerk Maxwell as follows : — " The total energy of any body or system of bodies is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any mutual action of these bodies, though it may be transformed into any of the forms of which energy is...

...j the total energy of the universe is a i quantity which can neither be increased i nor diminished, though it may be transformed into any of the forms of which energy is susceptible. Energy is therefore as indestructible as matter. All the i recent advances in the science of heat i...

...Energy. GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY. 24.] The total energy of any system of bodies is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any mutual action of those bodies, though it may be transformed into any of the forms of which energy is...

...give the statement of the principle as I find it in Clerk Maxwell's little book on Matter and Motion : The total energy of any material system is a quantity...transformed into any of the forms of which energy is susceptible.4 Assuming the truth of this principle, the reader, whether he is able thoroughly to grapple...

...the statement of the principle as I find it in Clerk Maxwell's little book on " Matter and Motion :" The total energy of any material system is a quantity...any of the forms of which energy is susceptible.* * Page 60. NEW SMUES.-VOL. XXXVII., No. 2 Assuming the truth of this principle, the reader, whether...