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 312
st as it evaporates, and the heat will thus be so rapidly ab-stracted from the mercury that it will soon be frozen to a solidmass. 97. Water alone will boil speedily under the exhausted receiverof an air-pump, at the temperature of about 100 degrees of Fah- \renheit; but in this case the ebullition… … ■Io what manner may water be made to boil below 212°? What two contrary effects may be exhibited by withdrawing; atmos-pheric pressure from the surface of two liquids ? Explain tbe manner in which the experiment is to be conducted. What effect may be produced by dropping ether on a capsule…
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