Brewster, David, Sir, 1781-1868, Smith, James Alexander · London, Chatto · leaf 400
er facts, rendered these suppositions untenable. This difficulty was at last entirely removed by the discovery of a cavity of the form shown in the annexed figure, where A, B, and C are three portions of the expansible fluid separated by the interposition of the second fluid D E F. The first… … took an accurate drawing of the appearances at a tempera- ture of 50°, as shown in the figure, and I watched the changes which took place in raising the temperature to 83°. The portion A gradually expanded itself till it filled up all the four vacuities V, X, Y, and Z ; but as the portions B, C had…
Magic · Scientific recreations
Internet Archive · Gerstein - University of Toronto · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from Libro primo [-quinto] d'architettvra ... (1566)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-libroprimoquinto00serl-31-56.webp)
![An illustration from Description abregée des principaux arts et metiers et des instrumens qui leurs sont propres. Le tout détaillée par figures / [Anon]. (1743)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/wellcome-wellcome_b30409482-198-1.webp)
