A course of experiments in physical measurement (1897)
Whiting, Harold, d. 1895 · Boston, D.C. Heath and Co. · leaf 146
y the application of heat will do well to observe thefreezing-point before as well as after the boiling-point. 11 69.] THE MERCURIAL TIIERMOMETER. 115 important also to construct a shield of some sort sothat the boiling water in the bottom of the apparatusmay not be spattered upon the bulb of the… … Fig. 53. Fig. 54. several degrees above the true boiling temperature,even when the water is perfectly pure, owing to theadhesion of the liquid to the sides of the vessel con-taining it. On the other hand, the temperature atwhich steam condenses depends only upon the pres-sure to which it is…
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