Elementary treatise on physics, experimental and applied : for the use of colleges and schools (1906)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, Edmund, 1831-1901, Reinold, A. W. (Arnold William), 1843-1921 · New York : Wood · leaf 316
orm a very thinmetallic ribbon. This is then coiled ina spiral form, as seen in fig. 307, and,one end being fixed to a support, alight needle is fixed to tlie other, whichis free to move round a graduated scale. Silver, which is the most expansible of the metals, forms the inner faceof the spiral,… … Fig. 307 -311] Maxiuiuni mid Mininiuin Thermometers 299 effect is produced when the temperature sinks. The gold is placed betweenthe other two metals because its expansibility, is intermediate between thatof the silver and that of the platinum. Were these two metals employedalone, their rapid…
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