"Compressible" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... air returns, on liberation, to its original volume, and while thus perfectly elastic it is also the most compressible of bodies. This elasticity arises from the repulsive force of its particles, and is always equal to the compressive force which it balances. A glass vessel full of air, placed under a receiver and then exhausted ...
— Atlantic Monthly Vol. 6, No. 33, July, 1860 • Various
... as shown in his report of 1881, that it was not so powerful in its effect by twenty per cent. as dynamite No. 1, although the dynamite contained twenty-five per cent. of an absolutely inert substance. His idea was that it was too quick in its action, and, since water is slightly compressible, a minute fraction of time is required in the development of the full force of the explosive. Gen. Abbot's results for intensity of action per unit of weight of the most ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891 • Various
... one very remarkable difference between them. Water is not compressible by force; but ...
— Rollo's Philosophy. [Air] • Jacob Abbott |
