A text-book on chemistry. For the use of schools and colleges (1866)
Draper, Henry, 1837-1882 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 32
to a largevessel. The tubes and bulbsshould be of the same size, andfilled with the liquids to betried to the same height. Toeach a scale is annexed. Letone, a, be filled with alcohol,and the other, 5, with mercury; on pouring hot waterinto the vessel two phenomena are witnessed: 1st. Bothliquids… … At 32°. At 212°. Expansion. 1,000,000 parts of Mercury becomeWater a a q^ it Alcohol 1,018,1531,016,G001,080,0001,111,000 1 in 551 in 21.31 in 12.51 in 9 The most volatile liquids are the most expansible.This is shown by those which have arisen from the con-densation of gases, as cyanogen,…
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