Gage, Alfred P. (Alfred Payson), 1836-1903 · Boston, London, Ginn · leaf 299
minishes the pressure ofthe rest, so that the pressure upon thewater is diminished, and the water boilsat a reduced temperature. If hot water be poured uponthe flask, the water ceases to boil.Under the receiver of an air-pump,water may be made to boil atany temperature between 0° and100° C. ;… … Fig. 210. BOILING tOINT. 28S for instance, in the vacuum pans used in sugar refineries. Aswater boils more easily under diminished pressure, so it boilswith more difficultj when the pressure is increased; and thetemperature to which water may be raised under the pressureof its own steam is limited…
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