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... volume a cubic centimetre ( commonly abbreviated into ' I c.c. ' ) . The volume of a cubic decimetre is called a litre since I decimetre 10 centimetres , it follows that a litre ( or cubic decimetre ) contains 1000 c.c. A litre is ...
... volume a cubic centimetre ( commonly abbreviated into ' I c.c. ' ) . The volume of a cubic decimetre is called a litre since I decimetre 10 centimetres , it follows that a litre ( or cubic decimetre ) contains 1000 c.c. A litre is ...
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... volume called degrees . In thermometers intended for scientific use the number adopted is one hundred , the lower fixed point being marked o ° and the upper 100 ° . Thermometers so graduated are called Centi- grade thermometers , and ...
... volume called degrees . In thermometers intended for scientific use the number adopted is one hundred , the lower fixed point being marked o ° and the upper 100 ° . Thermometers so graduated are called Centi- grade thermometers , and ...
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... volume of the cube at the latter temperature is ( 1 + a ) 3 = 1 + 3a + 3a2 + a3 . We have already seen that a2 is very small and a3 is smaller still ; we may therefore neglect the last two terms . The volume of our cube which was unity ...
... volume of the cube at the latter temperature is ( 1 + a ) 3 = 1 + 3a + 3a2 + a3 . We have already seen that a2 is very small and a3 is smaller still ; we may therefore neglect the last two terms . The volume of our cube which was unity ...
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... volume : they have been heated through the same interval of temperature and now they occupy different volumes . What you observe is , of course , the apparent expansion , but as the flasks are of the same size and made of the same ...
... volume : they have been heated through the same interval of temperature and now they occupy different volumes . What you observe is , of course , the apparent expansion , but as the flasks are of the same size and made of the same ...
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... volume produced by heating 545 gm . through 100 ° : one - hundredth of this , or 0.0849 gm . , represents the increase of volume for a rise of 1 ° . The ratio of this to the original volume ( see Def . 2 , Art . 16 ) is the co ...
... volume produced by heating 545 gm . through 100 ° : one - hundredth of this , or 0.0849 gm . , represents the increase of volume for a rise of 1 ° . The ratio of this to the original volume ( see Def . 2 , Art . 16 ) is the co ...
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A. W. VERRALL amount of heat angle of incidence Assistant Master beam boiling boiling-point bulb Cambridge candle centimetres CHEMISTRY coefficient coloured concave lens concave mirror condensation convex lens cooling cork distance diverge Edited ELEMENTARY English equal equation expansion experiment EXPT FASNACHT Fcap flame flask focal length front G. E. FASNACHT Geometrical grammes GREEK HISTORY Illustrated image is formed inches incident ray increases interval ISAAC TODHUNTER J. P. MAHAFFY latent heat lenses liquid LL.D M.A. Cr Mathematics melt mercury observer Owens College paper passes placed position pressure principal axis principal focus prism produced Prof Professor pulse radiation rarefaction ray of light real image reflected refracted ray revised School screen shown in Fig side sound source of light specific heat steam string surface temperature thermometer Translated TREATISE Trinity College University velocity vibration vibration-number volume water-vapour wire
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