Elementary natural philosophy : designed for high schools and academies (1881)
Griffin, La Roy F. (La Roy Freese), 1844-1916 · Philadelphia : Sower, Potts & Co. · leaf 150
point is found by placing the thermometer in a brass vesselof the form of Fig. 168, that thebulb and the stem nearly to thetop may be surrounded by steam.The lower part, M, is placed upona furnace, and the steam ascendsin the part A, and descends in thepart B. D allows the steam, andany condensed… … Fig. 1G8. ice The thermometer is next placedin a vessel containing meltingA hole in the bottom allows any water formed toescape. When the mercury has come to rest, the point ismarked freezing point. The space between is then dividedinto equal parts, and the graduation continued above andbelow the…
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