Specific Heat Ratio

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

    “No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.”
    —Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989)

    “When the heat of the summer
    Made drowsy the land,
    A dragon-fly came
    And sat on my hand;”
    —Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965)

    “Personal rights, universally the same, demand a government framed on the ratio of the census: property demands a government framed on the ratio of owners and of owning.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)