Specific Heat Capacity

Famous quotes containing the words specific, heat and/or capacity:

    “In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.”
    —Edmund Burke (1729–1797)

    “As in hoary winter’s night stood shivering in the snow,
    Surprised I was with sudden heat which made my heart to glow;
    And lifting up a fearful eye to view what fire was near,
    A pretty Babe all burning bright did in the air appear;”
    —Robert Southwell (1561?–1595)

    “The first half of it consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)