Elementary treatise on physics experimental and applied for the use of colleges and schools (1890)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, E. (Edmund) · New York : W. Wood · leaf 311
thsof the brass rods B in the inverse ratio of the coefficients of expansion ofsteel and brass, a and b ; that is, in the proportion \:^ = b:a. The elongation of the rod may also be compensated for by means ofcompensating strips. These consist of two blades of copper and ironsoldered together and… … 294 On Heat. [320 at the same time the compensating strips become curved, as seen in fig. 297,in consequence of the copper contracting more than the iron, and twometal balls at their extremities become lower. If they have the proper size
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