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William Henry Bragg

British Physicist

Born: Jul 2, 1862

Died: Mar 12, 1942

Any Atoms Been Fire Gas Together

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Let us think of Nature as a builder, making all that we see out of atoms of a limited number of kinds, just as the builder of a house constructs it out of so many different kinds of things: bricks, slates, planks, panes of glass, and so on. William Henry Bragg

The difference between a gas and a liquid is that in the former, the atoms and molecules move to and fro in an independent existence, whereas in the latter, they are always in touch with one another, though they are changing partners continually. William Henry Bragg

Atoms Changing Though Latter Independent Touch Between Partners Another Always Continually Existence Liquid Move Difference Whereas Former Molecules Gas

Whenever we warm our hands by the fire, we allow the energy radiated by the fire to quicken up the movements of the atoms of which the hands are composed. When we cool any substance, we check those movements. William Henry Bragg

Atoms Fire Energy Our Those Composed Allow Check Up Hands Any Substance Whenever Movements Which Warm Cool

When a liquid boils, the temperature has been raised to such a pitch that the evaporating molecules are sufficient in number and speed to lift off the air from the surface of the liquid and push it back en masse. William Henry Bragg

Speed Back Air Has-Been Temperature Push Lift Masse Surface Been Off Liquid Pitch Molecules Boils Sufficient Raised Number

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