A text book of physics, for the use of students of science and engineering (1918)
Duncan, John, d. 1941, Starling, Sydney George, 1873- · London Macmillan · leaf 388
sphere of highly com-pressed oxygen. A is the bomb, and consists of a strongly made metal vessel fittedwith a gas-tight cover B. The measured quantity of fuel is placedin a platinum crucible C held in a stiff wire loop D. Ignition isaccomplished electrically by means of a fine iron wire F,… … FlO. 368.—Section of Boyss calorimeter fortesting the heating value of gas. 364 HEAT CHAP. bomb is then lowered carefully into a vessel K containing a measuredquantity of water and fitted with stirrers L which are rotated byhand. The temperature is observed by means of a delicate thermo-meter T.…
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