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... effects produced by heat upon bodies . In this part many of the most recent investigations , as well as the apparatus used in conducting them , are described at length , while numerical examples are given , which , it is hoped , may ...
... effects produced by heat upon bodies . In this part many of the most recent investigations , as well as the apparatus used in conducting them , are described at length , while numerical examples are given , which , it is hoped , may ...
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... Effect of Temperature on Measures of Time Graham's Mercurial Pendulum Harrison's Gridiron Pendulum Compensation Balance • Other Applications of the Laws of Dilatation : - · 75 བྱ་ བབྱ་ 70 76 71 77 73 78 74 79 74 80 76 Breguet's Metallic ...
... Effect of Temperature on Measures of Time Graham's Mercurial Pendulum Harrison's Gridiron Pendulum Compensation Balance • Other Applications of the Laws of Dilatation : - · 75 བྱ་ བབྱ་ 70 76 71 77 73 78 74 79 74 80 76 Breguet's Metallic ...
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... Effect of Chemical Affinity on Vaporization . 115 97 $ ་ ཅ ི 94 95 95 96 96 97 Tension in Communicating Vessels at Different Tem- peratures . 116 98 Distillation • 117 100 Cold due to Vaporization . Freezing Apparatus Tension in ...
... Effect of Chemical Affinity on Vaporization . 115 97 $ ་ ཅ ི 94 95 95 96 96 97 Tension in Communicating Vessels at Different Tem- peratures . 116 98 Distillation • 117 100 Cold due to Vaporization . Freezing Apparatus Tension in ...
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... Effect of Temperature on Refraction and Dispersion Effect of Temperature on the Electrical Properties of Bodies : - 160-161 146 162 147 a . Thermo - electric Currents Thermo - electric Series Thermo - pile Thermo - electric Inversions B ...
... Effect of Temperature on Refraction and Dispersion Effect of Temperature on the Electrical Properties of Bodies : - 160-161 146 162 147 a . Thermo - electric Currents Thermo - electric Series Thermo - pile Thermo - electric Inversions B ...
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... Effect . - Phosphoroscope Definition of Fluorescence Explanation of Professor Stokes . Laws of this Phenomenon . Likeness between Phosphorescence and Fluorescence Practical Advantages derived from these Phenomena CHAPTER VII ...
... Effect . - Phosphoroscope Definition of Fluorescence Explanation of Professor Stokes . Laws of this Phenomenon . Likeness between Phosphorescence and Fluorescence Practical Advantages derived from these Phenomena CHAPTER VII ...
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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 304 - That the quantity of heat produced by the friction of bodies, whether solid or liquid, is always proportional to the quantity of force expended.
Page 66 - The straight line or distance between the centres of the transverse lines in the two gold plugs in the bronze bar deposited in the Office of the Exchequer shall be the genuine standard of length at 62° F., and if lost it shall be replaced by means of its copies.
Page 66 - May one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, the Straight Line or Distance between the Centres of the Two Points in the Gold Studs in the Straight Brass Rod, now in the Custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the Words and Figures
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.