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Page 24
... flask of platinum , P ( a difficultly fusible metal ) , is fastened to a very narrow glass tube , T , open at A. Both flask and tube being full of air , A Fig . 19 . T P the former is placed in the furnace F , whose temperature is to be ...
... flask of platinum , P ( a difficultly fusible metal ) , is fastened to a very narrow glass tube , T , open at A. Both flask and tube being full of air , A Fig . 19 . T P the former is placed in the furnace F , whose temperature is to be ...
Page 44
... flask F. Its vapour mainly collects and condenses in the bulb B ; the remainder condenses in the worm . On finding how much of the liquid in F has been boiled away , or , what is the same , how much vapour has been condensed , and on ...
... flask F. Its vapour mainly collects and condenses in the bulb B ; the remainder condenses in the worm . On finding how much of the liquid in F has been boiled away , or , what is the same , how much vapour has been condensed , and on ...
Page 56
... flask of water be boiled briskly ( so as to be full of only water and steam ) and then corked , removed from the flame and inverted , the water may be made to boil long after its tem- perature has fallen below 100 ° C. , by pouring cold ...
... flask of water be boiled briskly ( so as to be full of only water and steam ) and then corked , removed from the flame and inverted , the water may be made to boil long after its tem- perature has fallen below 100 ° C. , by pouring cold ...
Page 100
... flask F , while the gaseous oxygen escapes as it is liberated through the tube P , one end of which passes tightly through the cork C of the flask , the other is beneath the surface of water in the trough T. On in- verting a vessel V ...
... flask F , while the gaseous oxygen escapes as it is liberated through the tube P , one end of which passes tightly through the cork C of the flask , the other is beneath the surface of water in the trough T. On in- verting a vessel V ...
Page 101
... flask full of oxygen , F , be taken , and by means of a bent wire , W , Fig . 48 . a little cup , F W C , containing burning sulphur is introduced , the sulphur burns with great rapidity , giving a beautiful blue light . A fragment of ...
... flask full of oxygen , F , be taken , and by means of a bent wire , W , Fig . 48 . a little cup , F W C , containing burning sulphur is introduced , the sulphur burns with great rapidity , giving a beautiful blue light . A fragment of ...
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