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... Cooling ; Variation with Temperature of QUAN- TITY of Radiation : - Newton's Law Dulong and Petit's Experiments . Absolute Measure of Radiation Article Page 227 205 228 206 229 207 230-234 207 235 213 From a Lamp - black Surface ...
... Cooling ; Variation with Temperature of QUAN- TITY of Radiation : - Newton's Law Dulong and Petit's Experiments . Absolute Measure of Radiation Article Page 227 205 228 206 229 207 230-234 207 235 213 From a Lamp - black Surface ...
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... on the Force of Convection in Gases Trade Winds , & c . 283 256 • 284 258 · 285 258 . 286 Law of Cooling due to a Gas ( with example ) 258 • 287 260 CHAPTER IX . - Specific Heat . Article Page Definition xvi CONTENTS .
... on the Force of Convection in Gases Trade Winds , & c . 283 256 • 284 258 · 285 258 . 286 Law of Cooling due to a Gas ( with example ) 258 • 287 260 CHAPTER IX . - Specific Heat . Article Page Definition xvi CONTENTS .
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... Cooling 290 265 291 266 Specific Heat of Solids : - Regnault's Experiments . 292 266 Rise with Temperature ( with Tables ) . · 293 267 Circumstances which influence the Specific Heat of Solids ( with Table ) 294 268 Specific Heat of ...
... Cooling 290 265 291 266 Specific Heat of Solids : - Regnault's Experiments . 292 266 Rise with Temperature ( with Tables ) . · 293 267 Circumstances which influence the Specific Heat of Solids ( with Table ) 294 268 Specific Heat of ...
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... cooled the mercury ought to fill the bulb and part of the stem , the other part being empty . If now the bulb of this instrument be heated the glass envelope will expand , and also the mercury with which it is filled ; but the mercury ...
... cooled the mercury ought to fill the bulb and part of the stem , the other part being empty . If now the bulb of this instrument be heated the glass envelope will expand , and also the mercury with which it is filled ; but the mercury ...
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... cooling the instrument . For instance , if a thermo- meter have first of all its freezing point determined by melting ice , if it then be plunged into boiling water , then suddenly withdrawn , and finally plunged again into ice , the ...
... cooling the instrument . For instance , if a thermo- meter have first of all its freezing point determined by melting ice , if it then be plunged into boiling water , then suddenly withdrawn , and finally plunged again into ice , the ...
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absorbs absorption acid amount of heat antimony aqueous vapour atmosphere bismuth body boiling point Boyle's law Bromine bulb calorimeter carbon carbonic acid chemical coefficient cold colour column condensed conductivity constant temperature dark heat denote density dilatation Dulong and Petit electric enclosure energy equal ether evaporation excess of temperature expansion experiments Fahr flow of heat freezing galvanometer gases Gay Lussac glass gravity heating effect hence high temperature inches of mercury increase instrument iron lamp-black latent heat light liquid luminous means melting metals method millimètres nearly nitrous oxide observed obtained particles pass perature plate polarized pound pressure produced quantity of heat radiant heat radiation rays reflected refrangibility regard Regnault result rock salt shew shewn solid source of heat specific gravity specific heat steam substance suppose surface thermometer tourmaline tube vacuo velocity of cooling vessel volume wave length weight
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Page 80 - ... passing from the solid to the liquid, and from the liquid to the gaseous form, or the contrary, occasioning endless vicissitudes of temperature over the globe.
Page 82 - ... thermometer, this will very often be sufficient to produce solidification, if not drop in a small crystal. The mass solidifies at once and the temperature rises very considerably. 112. Laws of Fusion. We may thus sum up our results with the following laws of fusion. (1) A substance begins to melt at a temperature, which is constant for the same substance, if the pressure be constant, and is called the melting-point.