In this paper I examine the following claims by William Eaton in his monograph Boyle on Fire： （i） that Boyle＇s religious convictions led him to believe that the world was not completely explicable, and this shows ...In this paper I examine the following claims by William Eaton in his monograph Boyle on Fire： （i） that Boyle＇s religious convictions led him to believe that the world was not completely explicable, and this shows that there is a shortcoming in the power of mechanical explanations; （ii） that mechanical explanations offer only sufficient, not necessary explanations, and this too was taken by Boyle to be a limit in the explanatory power of mechanical explanations; （iii） that the mature Boyle thought that there could be more intelligible explanatory models than mechanism; and （iv） that what Boyle says at any point in his career is incompatible with the statement of Maria Boas-Hall, i.e., that the mechanical hypothesis can explicate all natural phenomena. Since all four of these claims are part of Eaton＇s developmental argument, my rejection of them will not only show how the particular developmental story Eaton diagnoses is inaccurate, but will also explain what limits there actually are in Boyle＇s account of the intelligibility of mechanical explanations. My account will also show why important philosophers like Locke and Leibniz should be interested in Boyle＇s philosophical work.展开更多
We report progress towards a modern scientific description of thermodynamic properties of fluids following the discovery (in 2012) of a coexisting critical density hiatus and a supercritical mesophase defined by perco...We report progress towards a modern scientific description of thermodynamic properties of fluids following the discovery (in 2012) of a coexisting critical density hiatus and a supercritical mesophase defined by percolation transitions. The state functions density ρ(p,T), and Gibbs energy G(p,T), of fluids, e.g. CO<sub>2</sub>, H<sub>2</sub>O and argon exhibit a symmetry characterised by the rigidity, ω = (dp/dρ)<sub>T</sub>, between gaseous and liquid states along any isotherm from critical (T<sub>c</sub>) to Boyle (T<sub>B</sub>) temperatures, on either side of the supercritical mesophase. Here, using experimental data for fluid argon, we investigate the low-density cluster physics description of an ideal dilute gas that obeys Dalton’s partial pressure law. Cluster expansions in powers of density relate to a supercritical liquid-phase rigidity symmetry (RS) line (ω = ρ<sub>rs</sub>(T) = RT) to gas phase virial coefficients. We show that it is continuous in all derivatives, linear within stable fluid phase, and relates analytically to the Boyle-work line (BW) (w = (p/ρ)<sub>T</sub> = RT), and to percolation lines of gas (PB) and liquid (PA) phases by: ρ<sub>BW</sub>(T) = 2ρ<sub>PA</sub>(T) = 3ρ<sub>PB</sub>(T) = 3ρ<sub>RS</sub>(T)/2 for T T<sub>B</sub>. These simple relationships arise, because the higher virial coefficients (b<sub>n</sub>, n ≥ 4) cancel due to clustering equilibria, or become negligible at all temperatures (0 T T<sub>B</sub>)<sub> </sub>within the gas phase. The Boyle-work line (p/ρ<sub>BW</sub>)<sub>T</sub> is related exactly at lower densities as T → T<sub>B</sub>, and accurately for liquid densities, by ρ<sub>BW</sub>(T) = −(b<sub>2</sub>/b<sub>3</sub>)<sub>T</sub>. The RS line, ω(T) = RT, defines a new liquid-density ground-state physical constant (ρ<sub>RS</sub>(0) = (2/3)ρ<sub>BW</sub>(0) for argon). Given the gas-liquid rigidity symmetry, the entire thermodynamic state functions below T<sub>B</sub> are obtainable from b<sub>2</sub>(T). A BW-line ground-state crystal density ρ<sub>BW</sub>(0) can be defined by the pair potential minimum. The Ar<sub>2</sub> pair potential, ∅ij</sub>(r<sub>ij</sub>) determines b<sub>2</sub>(T) analytically for all T. This report, therefore, advances the salient objective of liquid-state theory: an argon p(ρ,T) Equation-of-state is obtained from ∅<sub>ij</sub>(r<sub>ij</sub>) for all fluid states, without any adjustable parameters.展开更多
A new dynamic equation of aerosol in air is derived, using a model-in-model, by equilibrium of buoyancy, gravity and pressure, together with conservation laws of mass, momentum and energy via Reynolds transport theore...A new dynamic equation of aerosol in air is derived, using a model-in-model, by equilibrium of buoyancy, gravity and pressure, together with conservation laws of mass, momentum and energy via Reynolds transport theorem and supplemented by corresponding scientific laws for related properties of air and aerosols. This new dynamic equation of aerosol in air is a set of non-linear partial differential equations involved six unknown functions of mass densities, pressure, air and aerosol speeds and temperature. It has features: 1, it belongs to certain type;2, it emphases the effect of buoyancy in equilibrium and potential energy, and the Archimedes principle of buoyancy is firstly extended to lateral directions based on logical deduction, the phenomenon of stirring a glass of oil-water mixture and the recorded of Hurricane Isabel (2003) from space station. The later shows the evidence of existence of lateral buoyancy;3, the mass densities of air and aerosol of a point in our model are varied in different directions due to traction and are treated as vectors, and they have been used in the calculation of lateral buoyancy.展开更多
Using model like hot air bloom with zero-weighted membrane wrapped hot air, surrounded by cold air, this paper sets up a partial differential equation (PDE) of motion of mushroom cloud by modifying Navier-Stokes (N-S)...Using model like hot air bloom with zero-weighted membrane wrapped hot air, surrounded by cold air, this paper sets up a partial differential equation (PDE) of motion of mushroom cloud by modifying Navier-Stokes (N-S) equations. The obtained equation is a vector PDE. It states that the derivative of velocity is with respect to time proportions to the gradient of temperature with respect to trace. Its solution is obtained by the method of separating variables for scalar function. These results have been compared with well agreement with literatures. Highlight: The Principle of Minimum Energy Release (PMER) is used to prove the pulse-mode of explosion of nuclear weapon, as great Earthquake, and optimum path problems.展开更多
Background:Orbital fractures are common injuries found in facial trauma.Typical etiologies of orbital fractures include motor vehicle collisions and assault.We report the case of a 32-year-old male who suffered an orb...Background:Orbital fractures are common injuries found in facial trauma.Typical etiologies of orbital fractures include motor vehicle collisions and assault.We report the case of a 32-year-old male who suffered an orbital fracture from a water balloon.Additionally,we describe the aeromedical complications that may result from this injury.Finally,we attempt to answer the question of when a patient may return to flying after sustaining such an injury through review of the literature.Case presentation:A 32-year-old male pilot with the United States Air Force was at an outdoor event with his unit when he was struck with a water balloon launched from a sling shot into his left orbit.Shortly afterwards,he had an onset of subcutaneous emphysema and was escorted to a nearby Emergency Department.Computed tomography identified an orbital fracture with associated orbital and subcutaneous emphysema.The patient was evaluated by a plastic surgeon and was determined not to be a surgical candidate.Four weeks later,he returned to flying status.Conclusions:Water balloons are thought to be safe and harmless toys.However,when coupled with sling shots,water balloons can become formidable projectiles capable of significant orbital injury including orbital fractures.These injuries are concerning to aviators,as the most common sites for fractures of the orbit are the thin ethmoid and maxillary bones adjacent to the sinuses.At altitude,gases in the sinuses may expand and enter the orbit through these fractures,which may suddenly incapacitate the flyer.It is important for flight surgeons to identify and assess these individuals to determine suitability for flying.展开更多
《金:矿床的历史与成因》 1987年加拿大出版了一本在当前看来比较完整、全面的金矿专著,书名为《金:矿床的历史与成因》(Gold: History and Genesis of Deposits)。该书是由加拿大地质调查局的R.W.Boyle主编,由经济地质学家协会和经济...《金:矿床的历史与成因》 1987年加拿大出版了一本在当前看来比较完整、全面的金矿专著,书名为《金:矿床的历史与成因》(Gold: History and Genesis of Deposits)。该书是由加拿大地质调查局的R.W.Boyle主编,由经济地质学家协会和经济地质基础协会资助出版的。全书除导言外,共有18章,每一章又分为许多节。展开更多
A novel approach has been developed to determine the amount of residual water in human erythrocyte at room temperature by electronic particle counter. Nacl solutions of 13 osmolalities were prepared and the equilibriu...A novel approach has been developed to determine the amount of residual water in human erythrocyte at room temperature by electronic particle counter. Nacl solutions of 13 osmolalities were prepared and the equilibrium cell volumes in which were measured one by one.The isotonic volume, V0, was obtained under the isotonic condition. The mean RBC volumes of 5 donors at each osmolality were fitted according to Boyle van’t Hoff relationship, and the osmotically inactive volume, Vb, of erythrocyte was then determined. The results show that Vb50% V0. More importantly, the final cell volume with regard to the solution of the highest concentration found to be kept at about 0.5 V0. The difference between these two volumes is unconspicuous. According to the published data that non-water volume of human erythrocyte is about 28.3% of its isotonic volume, residual water of human erythrocyte can be gained by subtracting V dry from Vf, that is V rw =21.7% V0. Then it was concluded that the residual water of human lays in 2 states, one is bound water, and the other is free water.展开更多
文摘In this paper I examine the following claims by William Eaton in his monograph Boyle on Fire： （i） that Boyle＇s religious convictions led him to believe that the world was not completely explicable, and this shows that there is a shortcoming in the power of mechanical explanations; （ii） that mechanical explanations offer only sufficient, not necessary explanations, and this too was taken by Boyle to be a limit in the explanatory power of mechanical explanations; （iii） that the mature Boyle thought that there could be more intelligible explanatory models than mechanism; and （iv） that what Boyle says at any point in his career is incompatible with the statement of Maria Boas-Hall, i.e., that the mechanical hypothesis can explicate all natural phenomena. Since all four of these claims are part of Eaton＇s developmental argument, my rejection of them will not only show how the particular developmental story Eaton diagnoses is inaccurate, but will also explain what limits there actually are in Boyle＇s account of the intelligibility of mechanical explanations. My account will also show why important philosophers like Locke and Leibniz should be interested in Boyle＇s philosophical work.
文摘We report progress towards a modern scientific description of thermodynamic properties of fluids following the discovery (in 2012) of a coexisting critical density hiatus and a supercritical mesophase defined by percolation transitions. The state functions density ρ(p,T), and Gibbs energy G(p,T), of fluids, e.g. CO<sub>2</sub>, H<sub>2</sub>O and argon exhibit a symmetry characterised by the rigidity, ω = (dp/dρ)<sub>T</sub>, between gaseous and liquid states along any isotherm from critical (T<sub>c</sub>) to Boyle (T<sub>B</sub>) temperatures, on either side of the supercritical mesophase. Here, using experimental data for fluid argon, we investigate the low-density cluster physics description of an ideal dilute gas that obeys Dalton’s partial pressure law. Cluster expansions in powers of density relate to a supercritical liquid-phase rigidity symmetry (RS) line (ω = ρ<sub>rs</sub>(T) = RT) to gas phase virial coefficients. We show that it is continuous in all derivatives, linear within stable fluid phase, and relates analytically to the Boyle-work line (BW) (w = (p/ρ)<sub>T</sub> = RT), and to percolation lines of gas (PB) and liquid (PA) phases by: ρ<sub>BW</sub>(T) = 2ρ<sub>PA</sub>(T) = 3ρ<sub>PB</sub>(T) = 3ρ<sub>RS</sub>(T)/2 for T T<sub>B</sub>. These simple relationships arise, because the higher virial coefficients (b<sub>n</sub>, n ≥ 4) cancel due to clustering equilibria, or become negligible at all temperatures (0 T T<sub>B</sub>)<sub> </sub>within the gas phase. The Boyle-work line (p/ρ<sub>BW</sub>)<sub>T</sub> is related exactly at lower densities as T → T<sub>B</sub>, and accurately for liquid densities, by ρ<sub>BW</sub>(T) = −(b<sub>2</sub>/b<sub>3</sub>)<sub>T</sub>. The RS line, ω(T) = RT, defines a new liquid-density ground-state physical constant (ρ<sub>RS</sub>(0) = (2/3)ρ<sub>BW</sub>(0) for argon). Given the gas-liquid rigidity symmetry, the entire thermodynamic state functions below T<sub>B</sub> are obtainable from b<sub>2</sub>(T). A BW-line ground-state crystal density ρ<sub>BW</sub>(0) can be defined by the pair potential minimum. The Ar<sub>2</sub> pair potential, ∅ij</sub>(r<sub>ij</sub>) determines b<sub>2</sub>(T) analytically for all T. This report, therefore, advances the salient objective of liquid-state theory: an argon p(ρ,T) Equation-of-state is obtained from ∅<sub>ij</sub>(r<sub>ij</sub>) for all fluid states, without any adjustable parameters.
文摘A new dynamic equation of aerosol in air is derived, using a model-in-model, by equilibrium of buoyancy, gravity and pressure, together with conservation laws of mass, momentum and energy via Reynolds transport theorem and supplemented by corresponding scientific laws for related properties of air and aerosols. This new dynamic equation of aerosol in air is a set of non-linear partial differential equations involved six unknown functions of mass densities, pressure, air and aerosol speeds and temperature. It has features: 1, it belongs to certain type;2, it emphases the effect of buoyancy in equilibrium and potential energy, and the Archimedes principle of buoyancy is firstly extended to lateral directions based on logical deduction, the phenomenon of stirring a glass of oil-water mixture and the recorded of Hurricane Isabel (2003) from space station. The later shows the evidence of existence of lateral buoyancy;3, the mass densities of air and aerosol of a point in our model are varied in different directions due to traction and are treated as vectors, and they have been used in the calculation of lateral buoyancy.
文摘Using model like hot air bloom with zero-weighted membrane wrapped hot air, surrounded by cold air, this paper sets up a partial differential equation (PDE) of motion of mushroom cloud by modifying Navier-Stokes (N-S) equations. The obtained equation is a vector PDE. It states that the derivative of velocity is with respect to time proportions to the gradient of temperature with respect to trace. Its solution is obtained by the method of separating variables for scalar function. These results have been compared with well agreement with literatures. Highlight: The Principle of Minimum Energy Release (PMER) is used to prove the pulse-mode of explosion of nuclear weapon, as great Earthquake, and optimum path problems.
文摘Background:Orbital fractures are common injuries found in facial trauma.Typical etiologies of orbital fractures include motor vehicle collisions and assault.We report the case of a 32-year-old male who suffered an orbital fracture from a water balloon.Additionally,we describe the aeromedical complications that may result from this injury.Finally,we attempt to answer the question of when a patient may return to flying after sustaining such an injury through review of the literature.Case presentation:A 32-year-old male pilot with the United States Air Force was at an outdoor event with his unit when he was struck with a water balloon launched from a sling shot into his left orbit.Shortly afterwards,he had an onset of subcutaneous emphysema and was escorted to a nearby Emergency Department.Computed tomography identified an orbital fracture with associated orbital and subcutaneous emphysema.The patient was evaluated by a plastic surgeon and was determined not to be a surgical candidate.Four weeks later,he returned to flying status.Conclusions:Water balloons are thought to be safe and harmless toys.However,when coupled with sling shots,water balloons can become formidable projectiles capable of significant orbital injury including orbital fractures.These injuries are concerning to aviators,as the most common sites for fractures of the orbit are the thin ethmoid and maxillary bones adjacent to the sinuses.At altitude,gases in the sinuses may expand and enter the orbit through these fractures,which may suddenly incapacitate the flyer.It is important for flight surgeons to identify and assess these individuals to determine suitability for flying.
文摘《金:矿床的历史与成因》 1987年加拿大出版了一本在当前看来比较完整、全面的金矿专著,书名为《金:矿床的历史与成因》(Gold: History and Genesis of Deposits)。该书是由加拿大地质调查局的R.W.Boyle主编,由经济地质学家协会和经济地质基础协会资助出版的。全书除导言外,共有18章,每一章又分为许多节。
基金This research is supported by NSFC(5 0 10 6 0 16 ) ,NSF of Anhui Province(0 0 0 4 75 2 0 ,0 30 4 3717)
文摘A novel approach has been developed to determine the amount of residual water in human erythrocyte at room temperature by electronic particle counter. Nacl solutions of 13 osmolalities were prepared and the equilibrium cell volumes in which were measured one by one.The isotonic volume, V0, was obtained under the isotonic condition. The mean RBC volumes of 5 donors at each osmolality were fitted according to Boyle van’t Hoff relationship, and the osmotically inactive volume, Vb, of erythrocyte was then determined. The results show that Vb50% V0. More importantly, the final cell volume with regard to the solution of the highest concentration found to be kept at about 0.5 V0. The difference between these two volumes is unconspicuous. According to the published data that non-water volume of human erythrocyte is about 28.3% of its isotonic volume, residual water of human erythrocyte can be gained by subtracting V dry from Vf, that is V rw =21.7% V0. Then it was concluded that the residual water of human lays in 2 states, one is bound water, and the other is free water.
