 For example, water by introducing itself within cords makes the fibres twist and become situated obliquely, produces between those fibres such a separation as causes the cord to thicken or swell, and, by a necessary consequence, to shorten. The twisted...  An Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy - Page 151by René Just Haüy - 1807Full view - About this book
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 700 pages
...example, water, by introducing itself within cords, makes the fibres twist and become situated obUqneh, produces between those fibres such a separation, as...experience, in like manner, a contraction by the action of L:, nudity ; whence it happens, that cloths, especially when wetted for the first HBP, contract in... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 752 pages
...fibres such a separation, as causes the cord to thicken 01 swell, and, by a necessary consequence, tu shorten. The twisted threads, of which cloths are fabricated, may be considered a« small cords, which experience, in like manner, a contraction by the action of humidity ; whence... | |
 | James Smith - 1815 - 942 pages
...introducing itself within cords, makes the fibres twist and become situated obliquely, and therefore produces between those fibres such a separation, as...which experience, in like manner, a contraction by the absorption of moisture ; and therefore cloths, especially when wetted for the first time, contract... | |
 | James Smith (author of the Panorama of science and art.) - 1859 - 924 pages
...introducing itself within cords, makes the fibres twist and become situated obliquely, and therefore produces between those fibres such a separation, as...consequence, to shorten. 'The twisted threads of which cloths we fabricated, may be considered as small cords, which experience, in like manner, a contraction by... | |
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