 Of the attempts hitherto made to define or explain an element, none satisfy the demands of the human intellect. The text books tell us that an element is ' a body which has not been decomposed ;' that it is ' a something to which we can add, but from...  The Quarterly Review - Pagina 320geredigeerd door - 1924Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1887 - 636 pagina’s
...elementary character. It was viewed according to one of the common definitions of an element, as " a something to which we can add, but from which we can take nothing." When, behold ! Dr. Auer von Welsbach, examining this supposed simple body in a novel manner, succeeded... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1887 - 1176 pagina’s
...The text-books tell us that an element is ' a body which has not been decomposed ' ; that it is ' a something to -which we can add, but from which we can take away nothing,' or ' a body which increases in weight with every chemical change.' Such definitions... | |
 | Helena Petrovna Blavatsky - 1888 - 732 pagina’s
...The text books tell us that an element is ' a body which has not been decomposed ;' that it is ' a something to which we can add, but from which we can...weight with every chemical change.' Such definitions are doubly unsatisfactory : they are provisional, and may cease to-morrow to be applicable in any given... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1889 - 642 pagina’s
...elementary character. It was viewed according to one of the common definitions of an element, as " a something to which we can add, but from which we can take nothing." When, behold I Dr. Auer von Welsbach, examining this supposed simple body in a novel manner, succeeded... | |
 | Francis William Aston - 1922 - 176 pagina’s
...not been decomposed ' ; that it is ' a something to which we can add, but from which we can take away nothing,' or ' a body which increases in weight with every chemical change.' Such definitions are doubly unsatisfactory : they are provisional, and may cease to-morrow to be applicable to any given... | |
 | Francis William Aston - 1922 - 180 pagina’s
...The textbooks tell us that an element is ' a body which has not been decomposed ' ; that it is ' a something to which we can add, but from which we can take away nothing,' or ' a body which increases in weight with every chemical change.' Such definitions... | |
 | 1925 - 1072 pagina’s
...chemist's idea of an element. The text-books told, and still tell, us that an element is a ' body that has not been decomposed,' or is ' something to which...which increases in weight with every chemical change.' These definitions being provisional, are bound to be unsatisfactory. They take their stand, as Sir... | |
 | 1922 - 378 pagina’s
...has occasioned. The exact idea conveyed by the word " element " in chemistry and physics in the past has been more easily realised or felt by students...any attribute of things to be defined, but on the DISCOVERY limitations of human power ; they were confessions of human impotence. Now since it is known... | |
 | 1925 - 1028 pagina’s
...chemist's idea of an element. The text-books told, and still tell, us that an element is a ' body that has not been decomposed,' or is ' something to which...which increases in weight with every chemical change.' These definitions being provisional, are bound to be unsatisfactory. They take their stand, as Sir... | |
 | 1911 - 844 pagina’s
...century the notion of impenetrable mysteries was dismissed. The old definition of an element as "a body to which we can add but from which we can take nothing," was obsolete. To-day we were confronted by problems and speculations concerning the ultimate constitution... | |
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