Proceedings of the stated meeting held Wednesday, October 15, 1924
โ Scribed by Geo A. Hoadley
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1924
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 71 KB
- Volume
- 198
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-0032
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โฆ Synopsis
presented the paper of the evening on " The Ultimate Nature of the Muscular Machine." The speaker described apparatus consisting of thermo-couples and delicate deflection apparatus capable of indicating differences of o.ooooo~~ Centigrade, by means of which he has followed the energy changes during the phases of muscular contraction and relaxation lasting in all only a fraction of a second. From these experiments he has made important deductions concerning the thermodynamics of the process and the nature of the mechanism concerned.
The subject was illustrated by lantern slides.
After brief discussion the meeting adjourned. GEO. A. HOADLEY, Acting Secvctary.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
The lecture included a description of the formation of the Naval Communication Service and a general outline of its functions; status of this service at the time of the declaration of war and the demands made upon it during the war. Consideration was given to the methods of communication between Nav
The President, Mr. William P. Tatham, in the Chair. Present, 197 members, and 31 visitors. The President, upon calling the meeting to order, remarked : "I desire to say, on behalf of the Managers of the Electrical โข'xhibition, which was closed last Saturday without ceremony, that we express our grat