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Page 206
The ideal mercury - thermometer is one which accommodates itself at once and completely to the temperature it is for the time being exposed to , and which when exposed to a given temperature supplies an invariable reading .
The ideal mercury - thermometer is one which accommodates itself at once and completely to the temperature it is for the time being exposed to , and which when exposed to a given temperature supplies an invariable reading .
Page 313
In all ordinary mercury - thermometers some trace of air exists , and if this collects in the stem when the thermometer is exposed to a high temperature the mercury - column is apt to break . Partly to prevent this , and partly to ...
In all ordinary mercury - thermometers some trace of air exists , and if this collects in the stem when the thermometer is exposed to a high temperature the mercury - column is apt to break . Partly to prevent this , and partly to ...
Page 321
The simplest way to break off the necessary mercury - column is to heat the bulb with a spiritlamp so as to force a long column into the tube . After it is broken off and measured it must be run into the top chamber , and a second ...
The simplest way to break off the necessary mercury - column is to heat the bulb with a spiritlamp so as to force a long column into the tube . After it is broken off and measured it must be run into the top chamber , and a second ...
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Contents
m FIFTH SERIES | 1 |
Mr W Sutherland on the Relative Motion of the Earth | 23 |
F Brush on the Transmission of Radiant Heat | 31 |
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