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Some Knowledge in
Physics 1.The sun is the source of most of heat known to us. As a direct
source of heat, the sun maintains life upon this planet, 150,000,000 kilometers
distant. It is also an indirect source of heat. Since the earth is derived from
the sun, it is to the latter that we must trace some of the earth’s internal
heat that reveals itself through volcanoes, geysers (喷泉),and hot
springs. 2.An insect is not afraid of gravity, but it is in deadly fear of
another force of nature. This force is called surface tension (张力). A man coming
out of a bath carries with him a film of water a bout one fiftieth of an inch in
thickness. This weighs about a pound. A wet mouse has to carry its own weight in
water. A wet fly has to lift many times its own weight, and, as everyone knows,
a fly once wetted by water or any other liquid is in a very serious position
indeed. An insect going for a drink is in as great danger as a man leaning over
the edge of a cliff in search of food. If it once falls into the grip of the
surface tension of the water--that is to say, gets wet--it is likely to remain
so until it drowns. A few insects contrive to be unwettable; the majority keep
away from their drink by means of long proboscis (喙). 3.When the temperature
of a liquid is raised enough, the liquid boils. This means that bubbles of
vapor, containing millions of molecules form below the surface. In order for
such bubbles to be produced, the pressure of the vapor inside them must be equal
to the pressure of the air upon the surface of the liquid. If the air pressure
is greater, the bubble will collapse. The boiling point of a liquid, then, is
the temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid is equal to the
atmospheric pressure upon the liquid at the surface. 4.Solids also expand
with increase in temperature and contract when cooled. But they do not behave
quite so uniformly (相同地) in this respect as liquids and gases do, particularly
in the case of wide variations, in temperature. Most solids expand or contract
by a definite amount for every degree of the temperature that rises or falls.
The amount by which no substance expands and contracts for one degree is not
usually the same as that for a different substance. Thus, for a given rise in
temperature, a piece of brass expands a little more than a piece of copper and
much more than a piece of steel of the same size. 5.Electric trains have many
advantages over those drawn by steam engines. There is no smoke to soil the
passengers’ clothes and the cushions in the train. Because they carry on heavy
loads of coal and water, these trains can start and stop with less waste of
power. In a station they are silent: there’s no steam to produce noise to
deafen the passengers. Paragraph 5 ______