A system of natural philosophy, designed for the use of schools and academies (1845)
Moffat, J[ohn] M. [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, E. C. Biddle · leaf 291
proportion to the reduction of its temperature. 37. The effect of heat in expanding solid bodies, and especiallymetals, has been advantageously applied to practical purposes. What examples illustrate the effect of chemical combination on the (le-vel opement of heat ? What immediate alteration… … DILATATION OF SOLIDS BY HEAT. 289 Thus coopers, in fixing iron hoops on a cask, make them previouslyvery hot, and being adapted in that state to the periphery of thecask, their contraction in cooling binds together the staves of thecask. Wheelwrights also nail on the iron tire or band, while it…
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