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1+aT 1+KT absorbed alcohol amount of heat apparatus apparent expansion atmosphere body boiler boiling boiling-point Boyle's law bulb called calorimeter carbon carbonic acid Centigrade coefficient of expansion cold condensed conducting power consists containing cooling cubic cylinder degree denote density dew-point diathermancy ebullition effect employed energy engine equal equation equivalent ether evaporation experiment external Fahrenheit freezing freezing mixture freezing-point gases given glass globe heat of fusion heat required hygrometer inches increase indicated instrument lamp-black latent heat liquid lower manometer mass maximum tension means measure melting metal millimetres mixture motion observed obtained pass perature piston placed plate portion produced quantity of heat radiation raise ratio rays Regnault relative density reservoir saturated slide-valve solid source of heat specific heat steam substance sulphuric acid Suppose surface tempera temperature thermal capacity thermometer tion tube ture vapour vapour-tensions variations velocity vessel volume weight zero
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Page 285 - There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks and its bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream.
Page 499 - It is better, on this account, in graduating the bottle, to make two scratches as represented in the drawing, one at the top and the other at the bottom of the curve : this prevents any future mistake.
Page 437 - Q are related by р/с' = constant, where y is the ratio of specific heat at constant pressure to specific heat at constant volume, for compressible fluids.
Page 285 - ... bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm; the Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There is in the world no other such majestic flow of waters. Its current is more rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon, and its volume more than a thousand times greater.
Page 315 - A GLACIER is AN IMPERFECT FLUID, OR A VISCOUS BODY. WHICH IS URGED DOWN SLOPES OF A CERTAIN INCLINATION BY THE MUTUAL PRESSURE OF ITS PARTS.