| Edward Turner - 1830 - 616 pages
...without evincing any signs of its presence ; in the other, it is free and uncombined, passing readily from one substance to another, affecting the senses...passage, determining the height of the thermometer, and in a word giving rise to all the phemomena which are attributed to this active principle. Objections... | |
| Edward Turner - 1835 - 714 pages
...presenee; in the other, it is free and uneombined, passing readily from one substanee to another, affeeting the senses in its passage, determining the height of the thermometer, and in a word giving rise to all tin- phenomena whieh are attributed to this aetive prineiple. Though it... | |
| John White Webster - 1839 - 592 pages
...without evincing any signs of its presence; in the other, it is free and uncombined, passing readily from one substance to another, affecting the senses...passage, determining the height of the thermometer, and in a word giving rise to all the phenomena which are attributed to this active principle.* 173. The... | |
| John Johnston - 1843 - 586 pages
...ordinary characters, and remaining concealed, without evincing any signs of its presence ; in ^he other, affecting the senses in its passage, determining the height of the thermometer, and in a word giving rise to all the phenomena which are attributed to this active principle. 123. Though... | |
| Charles Haynes Haswell - 1844 - 298 pages
...Vapours. Steam . . . 990° Alcohol . . . 442° Ether . . . 302° Nitric acid . . 532° Vinegar . . . 875° SENSIBLE CALORIC is free and uncombined, passing from...of a Fahrenheit Thermometer to those of Reaumur and the Centigrade. FAHRENHEIT TO REAUMUR. RULE. — Multiply the number of degrees above or below the... | |
| John Johnston - 1846 - 496 pages
...ordinary characters, and remaining concealed, without evincing any signs of its presence ; in the other, affecting the senses in its passage, determining the height of the thermometer, and in a word giving rise to all the phenomena which are attributed to this active principle. 123. Though... | |
| Charles Haynes Haswell - 1851 - 346 pages
...493o Vapours. Steam . . . 990o Vinegar. . . 875° Ammonia . . 860o Alcohol . . . 442o Ether . . . 302o SENSIBLE CALORIC is free and uncombined, passing from...a Fahrenheit Thermometer to those of Reaumur and. the Centigrade. • FAHRENHEIT TO HEAUMUR. ROLE.' — Multiply the number of degrees above or below... | |
| Charles Haynes Haswell - 1853 - 318 pages
...Latent Heat of Various Substances. Fluids. Ice . . 140° Sulphur ... 144° Lead . . . 162° Beeswax . . .175° Zinc . . . . 493° Vapours. Steam . . . 990°...of a Fahrenheit Thermometer to those of Reaumur and the Centigrade. FAHRENHEIT. TO REAUMUR. RULE. — Multiply the number of degrees above or below the... | |
| 1874 - 1186 pages
.......................................... 442 Ether ................................................ 802 Sensible calorie is free and uncombined, passing from one substance...results which are attributed to this active principle. See STEAM. It is frequently desirable to convert the degrees of heat, as indicated by one thermometer,... | |
| Stephen Roper - 1889 - 422 pages
...Fah., in which case au equal quantity of heat is set free from water when it assumes the solid form. Sensible caloric is free and uncombined, passing from...results which are attributed to this active principle. Evaporation produces cold, because caloric must be absorbed in the formation of vapor (a large quantity... | |
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