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... various 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 ...
... various 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 ...
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... Various Scales ( with examples ) Correction for Change of Zero Other Sources of Error ( with example ) Other Thermometers : - Alcohol Thermometer 18 36 789 19 IO 20 13 21 13 22 . 15 23-25 36 16 26 19 Maximum Thermometer Minimum ...
... Various Scales ( with examples ) Correction for Change of Zero Other Sources of Error ( with example ) Other Thermometers : - Alcohol Thermometer 18 36 789 19 IO 20 13 21 13 22 . 15 23-25 36 16 26 19 Maximum Thermometer Minimum ...
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... ་ 57 50 58 51 59 52 CHAPTER IV . - Dilatation of Gases . Boyle's Law Division of the Subject Experiment : -Gay Lussac's Law б 858 60 62 3355 53 54 54 Dilatation of Gases at Various Pressures Air Thermometer a Measurer CONTENTS . ix.
... ་ 57 50 58 51 59 52 CHAPTER IV . - Dilatation of Gases . Boyle's Law Division of the Subject Experiment : -Gay Lussac's Law б 858 60 62 3355 53 54 54 Dilatation of Gases at Various Pressures Air Thermometer a Measurer CONTENTS . ix.
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Balfour Stewart. Dilatation of Gases at Various Pressures Air Thermometer a Measurer of Temperature Relation between Temperature and Pressure of Air of Constant Volume Relation between Temperature and Volume of Air of Constant Pressure ...
Balfour Stewart. Dilatation of Gases at Various Pressures Air Thermometer a Measurer of Temperature Relation between Temperature and Pressure of Air of Constant Volume Relation between Temperature and Volume of Air of Constant Pressure ...
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... Various Modes of Vaporization 118 ΙΟΙ . • 119 104 120 107 a . Evaporation 121 107 B. Ebullition Influence of Pressure on the Boiling Point Influence of Nature of Vessel on the Boiling Point . Influence of Substances dissolved on the ...
... Various Modes of Vaporization 118 ΙΟΙ . • 119 104 120 107 a . Evaporation 121 107 B. Ebullition Influence of Pressure on the Boiling Point Influence of Nature of Vessel on the Boiling Point . Influence of Substances dissolved on 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 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.
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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.