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 371
ction, for which asteam-engine of 15horse-power is re-quired, heat is ap-plied to the retort.Oxygen is liberatedin a calculatedquantity, the tem-perature of the retort being about 485°. Towards the close of the de-composition the manometer indicates a pressure of 500 atmospheres, andthen sinks to… … 354 On Heat. [382- white pencil. This lasts three or four seconds. On closing the stopcockthe pressure, which had diminished to 400 atmospheres, now rises, andagain becomes stationary, proving that the gas is once more being con-densed. The density of liquid oxygen has been found to be 0-9. The…
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