A text-book on chemistry. For the use of schools and colleges (1866)
Draper, Henry, 1837-1882 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 64
scends the vapor condenses,and the mercury keeps constantly at the same level.On raising the tube fresh portions of the ether vapor-ize, the mercury still retaining its height above the gen-eral level. There is, therefore, a point of maximumdensity for each temperature when the vapor is in con-How… … 52 LIQUEFACTION OF GASES. tact with the liquid. It can not be surpassed by in-creasing the pressure, because a part of the evaporatedliquid immediately condenses, while a decrease of press-ure causes volatilization of a fresh portion. The pointof maximum density rises with the temperature of…
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