Tyndall, John, 1820-1893 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 69
a whirling table, this experimentmay be made with the bit-and-brace arrangement shownin fig. 18. The tube t, containing the water to be boiled, isclasped by the wooden tongs h, which can be tightened toany required extent by the screw s. After a brief periodof rotation, steam is generated and the… … with sulphuric ether, and clasping it with the hand pro-tected by a woollen or buckskin glove, a very brief rotationsuffices to raise the vapour of the ether to a tension sufficient to propel the cork against the ceiling of this room. Rumford carefully estimated the quantity of heatpossessed by…
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