A text-book of physics, largely experimental. On the Harvard college "Descriptive list of elementary physical experiments." (1891)
Hall, Edwin Herbert, 1855-1938, Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917 · New York, H. Holt and Company · leaf 337
of the mer-cury-column.) To test the boiling-point: Fillthe boiler (Fig. 181) with waterto the depth of 3 or 4 cm., screwthe top on firmly, attach thesmall mercury pressure-gauge, g,and thrust the bulb and stem ofthe thermometer down throughthe perforated stopper until thepoint marked 100° is not… … THERMO ME TRY. 315 boiling, the steam escaping from the side tube, s, near the top, untilthe mercury-column in the thermometer rises as far as it will,and then record the reading. (The flame of the burner beneaththe boiler should not be allowed to flare out beyond the bottom, lestthe current of hot…
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