On the Connection of the Physical SciencesHarper & brothers, 1846 - 460 pages |
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Page 84
... Fahrenheit , and reduced to the level of the sea ( N. 150 ) , was determined by Captain Kater to be 39.1393 inches . The weight of a cubic inch of water at the temperature of 62 ° of Fahrenheit , barometer 30 inches , was also ...
... Fahrenheit , and reduced to the level of the sea ( N. 150 ) , was determined by Captain Kater to be 39.1393 inches . The weight of a cubic inch of water at the temperature of 62 ° of Fahrenheit , barometer 30 inches , was also ...
Page 105
... also , which crystal- izes at 90 ° of Fahrenheit without water of crystaliza- tion , combines with water at the ordinary temperature and takes a different form . Heat appears to have SECT . XIV . 105 CRYSTALIZATION .
... also , which crystal- izes at 90 ° of Fahrenheit without water of crystaliza- tion , combines with water at the ordinary temperature and takes a different form . Heat appears to have SECT . XIV . 105 CRYSTALIZATION .
Page 112
... , varying of the whole bulk when at 32 ° , for every degree of Fahrenheit's ther- mometer . Experience shows that the heat of the air decreases as the height above the surface of the earth 112 SECT . XV . DENSITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE .
... , varying of the whole bulk when at 32 ° , for every degree of Fahrenheit's ther- mometer . Experience shows that the heat of the air decreases as the height above the surface of the earth 112 SECT . XV . DENSITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE .
Page 113
... Fahrenheit , which would probably be the temperature of the surface of the earth also were it not for the non - conducting power of the air , whence it is enabled to retain the heat of the sun's rays , which the earth imbibes and ...
... Fahrenheit , which would probably be the temperature of the surface of the earth also were it not for the non - conducting power of the air , whence it is enabled to retain the heat of the sun's rays , which the earth imbibes and ...
Page 128
... Fahrenheit its speed in a second is 1120 feet , or 765 miles an hour , which is about three - fourths of the diur- nal velocity of the earth's equator . Since all the phe- nomena of the transmission of sound are simple conse- quences of ...
... Fahrenheit its speed in a second is 1120 feet , or 765 miles an hour , which is about three - fourths of the diur- nal velocity of the earth's equator . Since all the phe- nomena of the transmission of sound are simple conse- quences of ...
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