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Page 4
... equal . For the same reason , less heat is produced by the friction of liquids than by that of solids , and still less by the friction of gases . Examples of heat , caused by the friction of solids , are found in the lighting of a match ...
... equal . For the same reason , less heat is produced by the friction of liquids than by that of solids , and still less by the friction of gases . Examples of heat , caused by the friction of solids , are found in the lighting of a match ...
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... equal increases of temperature * . Thus , if cubic feet of all known gases , at the temperature of melting ice , be heated to the temperature of boiling water , they all increase 100 equally in bulk , each one becoming 1 + 273 cubic ...
... equal increases of temperature * . Thus , if cubic feet of all known gases , at the temperature of melting ice , be heated to the temperature of boiling water , they all increase 100 equally in bulk , each one becoming 1 + 273 cubic ...
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... equal quantities of heat to fall in a parallel direction on the earth from the sun . That which falls upon the earth towards the north pole strikes the surface obliquely , and is distributed over the sur- face b . The same quantity ...
... equal quantities of heat to fall in a parallel direction on the earth from the sun . That which falls upon the earth towards the north pole strikes the surface obliquely , and is distributed over the sur- face b . The same quantity ...
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... equal volumes , say , cubic feet , of oil , mercury , and water , all at the temperature of melting ice , be all heated to the tempe- rature of boiling water , the oil will expand most , the water least , and the mercury to an ...
... equal volumes , say , cubic feet , of oil , mercury , and water , all at the temperature of melting ice , be all heated to the tempe- rature of boiling water , the oil will expand most , the water least , and the mercury to an ...
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... equal parts or degrees , then water has its maximum density when its temperature is four of those degrees above the melting - point of ice . We shall understand this after the de- scription of thermometers as being +4 degrees on the ...
... equal parts or degrees , then water has its maximum density when its temperature is four of those degrees above the melting - point of ice . We shall understand this after the de- scription of thermometers as being +4 degrees on the ...
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