Introductory course of natural philosophy for the use of schools and academies. Ed. from Ganot's popular physics. By William G. Peck (1869)
Ganot, Adolphe, 1804-1887, Peck, William Guy, 1820-1892 · New York A.S. Barnes · leaf 193
whilst the latter are con-sidered negative, and desig-nated by the sign —. Ofcourse the boiling point ismarked 100°. Fig. 134 represents a ther-mometer mounted and gradu-ated according to the centigradescale. In it the mercury indi-cates 30° C. In Reaumur^s scale, thefreezing point is marked 0,and… … Where is the 0 point of the centigrade scale ? Explain the signs + and —. Whatis the boiling point marked ? Where is the 0 of the Reanmur scale? The bf.ingpoint ? Where is the 0 of Fahrenheits scale ? THERMOMETERS. 101 point, and the divisions are numbered from this point both up and down.212° F.…
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