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Page 18
... glass platinum deal Length . 1.002987 at the temperature of melting ice , becomes 1.002848 1.002173 1.001909 .1.001722 1.001466 1.001235 1.000861 1.000857 1.000380 at the temperature of boiling water . Whence it appears that , generally ...
... glass platinum deal Length . 1.002987 at the temperature of melting ice , becomes 1.002848 1.002173 1.001909 .1.001722 1.001466 1.001235 1.000861 1.000857 1.000380 at the temperature of boiling water . Whence it appears that , generally ...
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... glass make it possible to fuse glass upon platinum , without danger of subse- quent separation on cooling . If glass be softened , a platinum wire may be thrust through it in such a manner as to form air- tight contact when cold . If an ...
... glass make it possible to fuse glass upon platinum , without danger of subse- quent separation on cooling . If glass be softened , a platinum wire may be thrust through it in such a manner as to form air- tight contact when cold . If an ...
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... glass bulbs , A and B ( fig . 18 ) , containing air , and connected together by a narrow tube , C , bent twice at right angles , containing mer- cury or some coloured liquid . The upright proportions of C carry scales . The whole being ...
... glass bulbs , A and B ( fig . 18 ) , containing air , and connected together by a narrow tube , C , bent twice at right angles , containing mer- cury or some coloured liquid . The upright proportions of C carry scales . The whole being ...
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... 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 measured . The air in P expands , and the excess escapes by A. When the flask P has ...
... 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 measured . The air in P expands , and the excess escapes by A. When the flask P has ...
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... glass ; hence its surface is always sharply de- fined , and the mass of mercury unbroken . It will be sufficient to describe the construction of the mercurial thermometer . §52 . Mercurial thermometer . — A glass tube is formed having ...
... glass ; hence its surface is always sharply de- fined , and the mass of mercury unbroken . It will be sufficient to describe the construction of the mercurial thermometer . §52 . Mercurial thermometer . — A glass tube is formed having ...
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