A text-book on chemistry. For the use of schools and colleges (1866)
Draper, Henry, 1837-1882 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 45
ll befound that it takes thirty times as long to warm wateras mercury, and hence the specific heat of water is thir-ty times greater. What was Boyles discovery ? When two vessels are tilled, onewith mercury, the other with water, which warms most rapidly?What is the comparative effect of the same… … The second process is accomplished by the aid of thecalorimeter, the principle of whichis illustrated in Fig. 21. A solidblock of ice, a a, is taken, and in ita cavity, 5, is made, the mouth ofwhich may#be covered with a slabof ice, c c. To determine the rela-tive specific heats of water and…
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