A laboratory course in experimental physics (1896)
Loudon, W. J. (William James), McLennan, John Cunningham, joint author · New York and London, Macmillan and Co. · leaf 155
e used throughoutthe experiment, as its errors to a large extent disappear. Thisis notably the case in finding specific and latent heats. Andwhen two or more thermometers are used for different measure-ments in the same experiment, it is evident they should be com-pared with one another before and… … Fig. 2. the column, and the spaces it occupies at various points in thetube noted. Usually, however, before the thermometer is made, CALIBRATION OF A TUBE. 141 a number of capillary tubes are examined by means of thisinstrument, and only a tube of uniform bore chosen for themanufacture of the…
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