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... vapour . The hidden cause of all these effects we term heat , as well as the sensation which it produces upon our organs . Our ignorance occasions this confusion of language , and we only attempt to disguise that ignorance when we ...
... vapour . The hidden cause of all these effects we term heat , as well as the sensation which it produces upon our organs . Our ignorance occasions this confusion of language , and we only attempt to disguise that ignorance when we ...
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... vapour of the liquid portion , and is influenced by precisely the same circumstances as the vapours of liquids , which exist as liquids under atmospheric pressure alone . § 77. There are one or two other circumstances attending the ...
... vapour of the liquid portion , and is influenced by precisely the same circumstances as the vapours of liquids , which exist as liquids under atmospheric pressure alone . § 77. There are one or two other circumstances attending the ...
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... vapour of water to glass is so strong as to interfere very sensibly with its boiling ; the steam escaping more freely from metallic surfaces than from glass . If the surface be roughened , or if some powdered glass or metal filings ...
... vapour of water to glass is so strong as to interfere very sensibly with its boiling ; the steam escaping more freely from metallic surfaces than from glass . If the surface be roughened , or if some powdered glass or metal filings ...
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... vapour so readily and regularly , that their changes of dimensions which ensue have been taken as measures of the amount of vapour existing in the atmosphere to which they have been exposed . Thus , the untwisting of a piece of catgut ...
... vapour so readily and regularly , that their changes of dimensions which ensue have been taken as measures of the amount of vapour existing in the atmosphere to which they have been exposed . Thus , the untwisting of a piece of catgut ...
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... air is kept saturated with vapour ; its great- est elongation is marked upon the circle , and the intermediate space between the two points divided into degrees . m 9 Πι m § 90. It is not only by this superficial action. F 2 HYGROSCOPES .
... air is kept saturated with vapour ; its great- est elongation is marked upon the circle , and the intermediate space between the two points divided into degrees . m 9 Πι m § 90. It is not only by this superficial action. F 2 HYGROSCOPES .
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