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 354
ybe illustrated by the experiment repre-sented by fig. 337. A long test tubecontaining phosphorus, A, and coveredwith a layer of water, is fixed along witha thermometer T in a large flask con-- taining water. This flask is raised toa temperature a few degrees above themelting point of phosphorus,… … Fig. 337 -349] Change of Voluvie on Solidification and Liquefaction 337 may even be dipped into it without change ; but if the Hquid is touchedwith the smallest fragment of solid phosphorus, it instantaneously solidifies,and in so doing contracts and becomes opaque. When a liquid solidifies after…
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