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 355
heights, and from these theheight of the mountain may be calculated bythe method already given (178). An ascent ofabout 1,080 feet produces a diminution of 1° C.in the boilmg point. The instruments used for this purpose arecalled thermo-barometers or hypsometers, andwere first applied by Wollaston.… … 33^ On Heat. [369- a considerable space on the scale, the loths, and even the looths, of adegree may be estimated, and thus it is possible to determine the height ofa place by means of the boiling point to within about lo feet. 370. Formation of vapour in closed tubes.—We have hitherto con-sidered…
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