A text-book on chemistry. For the use of schools and colleges (1866)
Draper, Henry, 1837-1882 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 47
For solids and liquids waterhas been chosen, its specificheat being the highest, whilefor gaseous bodies air is used.The varying specific heatof bodies may be illustratedby Fig. 24, which consists of acake of wax, C, supported ona stand, D, and a number ofequally warmed balls of vari-ous… … Water 1.00000 Oil of Turpentine... 0.42593 Charcoal 0.24150 Glass 0.19768 Iron 0.11379 Zinc 0.09555 Copper 0.09515 Brass ;.... 0.09391 Silver 0.05701 Tin 0.05623 Mercury 0.03332 Platinum 0.03243 Gold 0.03244 Lead 0.Q3140 How do we know that the specific heat of water is ten times thatof copper ?…
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