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... Steam Weight of one Litre of the most Important Gases 8. Hygrometry • . Daniell's Dew - point Hygrometer Regnault's Dew - point Hygrometer Wet and Dry Bulb Hygrometer Weight of Vapour in Air . Specific Gravity of Air ( with example ) ...
... Steam Weight of one Litre of the most Important Gases 8. Hygrometry • . Daniell's Dew - point Hygrometer Regnault's Dew - point Hygrometer Wet and Dry Bulb Hygrometer Weight of Vapour in Air . Specific Gravity of Air ( with example ) ...
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... of other Liquids ( with Table ) . · 307 282 Latent Heat of Vaporization : — Latent Heat of Steam ( with Table ) 308 283 Latent Heat of other Vapours ( with Table ) . 309 285 BOOK III . ON THE NATURE OF HEAT , ITS CONTENTS . xvii.
... of other Liquids ( with Table ) . · 307 282 Latent Heat of Vaporization : — Latent Heat of Steam ( with Table ) 308 283 Latent Heat of other Vapours ( with Table ) . 309 285 BOOK III . ON THE NATURE OF HEAT , ITS CONTENTS . xvii.
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... steam . It is therefore in steam , not water , that a thermometer ought to be plunged in order to have its upper point determined . Hence also if steam escape from an open vessel containing water into the air , the temperature of the steam ...
... steam . It is therefore in steam , not water , that a thermometer ought to be plunged in order to have its upper point determined . Hence also if steam escape from an open vessel containing water into the air , the temperature of the steam ...
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... steam is forced to take is denoted by the arrow - heads . It is thus seen that the steam must pass up along the thermometer tube and down again , until finally it leaves the apparatus by the orifice C. The whole of the tube of the ...
... steam is forced to take is denoted by the arrow - heads . It is thus seen that the steam must pass up along the thermometer tube and down again , until finally it leaves the apparatus by the orifice C. The whole of the tube of the ...
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... to be the temperature of steam under the barometric pressure of 760 millimètres , or 29.922 inches of mercury reduced MEASUREMENT BY THERMOMETERS . 13 Determination of Freezing-point Determination of Boiling-point Graduation.
... to be the temperature of steam under the barometric pressure of 760 millimètres , or 29.922 inches of mercury reduced MEASUREMENT BY THERMOMETERS . 13 Determination of Freezing-point Determination of Boiling-point Graduation.
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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.