Text-book of general physics, for the use of colleges and scientific schools (1899)
Hastings, Charles Sheldon · Boston: Ginn & company · leaf 179
alcohol, which wets theglass. The stem of this thermometer beingplaced in an inclined position, so that thebulb is a little lower than the opposite end,the liquid will flow past the index with rising temperature,without disturbing its position; but when contraction occurs,so as to bring the… … FlG. 134. Fig. 134 A. WEIGHT THERMOMETER. 169 nioraeter, except that the bore is very much reduced at apoint near the bulb. When the temperature rises, the expansion of the mercuryin the bulb forces a certain amount of the liquid past theconstriction; but when the temperature falls again, thethread…
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