Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" The third thermometric scale is that of Reaumur. In this scale the freezing point is marked 0° and the boiling point 80°, the interval being divided into 80 equal parts. This scale is very generally used in Germany for domestic purposes, and possesses... "
The Theory of Heat - Page 109
by Thomas Preston - 1894 - 719 pages
Full view - About this book

Introductory Course of Natural Philosophy for the Use of Schools and Academies

Adolphe Ganot - 1865 - 524 pages
...mounted and graduated according to the centigrade scale. In it the mercury indicates 30° C. In Reaumur's scale, the freezing point is marked 0, and the boiling point 80°. The degrees below freezing are marked as in the centigrade scale. In Fahrenheit's scale, which is the one...
Full view - About this book

Practical Arithmetic, Embracing the Science of Numbers and the Art of ...

John Fair Stoddard - 1868 - 428 pages
...thermometer is the temperature of a mixture of snow and common salt. 621. In Reaumur's thermometer the freezing point is marked 0° and the boiling point...80°, the interval being divided into 80 equal parts or degrees. The graduations of these instruments may be extended upward from the boiling point, or...
Full view - About this book

Stoddard's Complete Arithmetic: Being the New Practical Arithmetic of the ...

John Fair Stoddard - 1888 - 480 pages
...thermometer is the temperature of a mixture of snow and common salt. 621. In Reaumur's thermometer the freezing point is marked 0° and the boiling point...80°, the interval being divided into 80 equal parts or degrees. " ~< Graduations of Fahrenheit's, (Jt-ntigrada, and Eett'"nur'8 Sc»les compared. The graduations...
Full view - About this book

Introductory Course of Natural Philosophy for the Use of Schools and Academies

Adolphe Ganot, William Guy Peck - 1871 - 510 pages
...and graduated according 'to the centigrade scale. fi* it the mercury indicates 30° C, In Reaumur's scale, the freezing point is marked 0, and the boiling point 80°, The degrees below freezing are marked as in the centigrade scale, In Fahrenheit's scale, which is the one...
Full view - About this book

Theory of Heat

James Clerk Maxwell - 1872 - 338 pages
...o° Centigrade is 32° Fahrenheit, and that five degrees Centigrade are equal to nine of Fahrenheit. The third thermometric scale is that of Re-aumur....freezing point is marked 0° and the boiling point 80°. I am not aware of any advantage of this scale. It is used to some extent on the Continent of Europe...
Full view - About this book

Theory of Heat

James Clerk Maxwell - 1872 - 338 pages
...o° Centigrade is 32° Fahrenheit, and that five degrees Centigrade are equal to nine of Fahrenheit. The third thermometric scale is that of Reaumur. In this scale the freezing point is marked o° and the boiling point 80°. I am not aware of any advantage of this scale. It is used to some extent...
Full view - About this book

An Arithmetic for Preparatory Schools, High Schools, and Academies

Charles Austin Hobbs - 1889 - 366 pages
...0°, and the boiling point 100° ; the intervening space is divided into 100 degrees. In the R6aumur scale the freezing point is marked 0°, and the boiling point 80° ; the intervening space is divided into 80 degrees. In expressing temperatures it is customary to indicate...
Full view - About this book

The Theory of Heat

Thomas Preston - 1894 - 750 pages
...that Young l defined the degree Fahrenheit as corresponding to an expansion of mercury equal to i0uoo part of its bulk. The third thermometric scale is...100 divisions of the centigrade scale are equal to 212-32 = 180 divisions of the Fahrenheit and also equal to 80 of the Reaumur scale. Hence if C, F,...
Full view - About this book

Physics for University Students: Heat, electricity, and magnetism

Henry Smith Carhart - 1896 - 468 pages
...system of measurement. One degree C. is longer than 1° F. in the ratio of 9 to 5. Reaumur's Scale. In this scale the freezing point is marked 0°, and the boiling point 80°. It is In use for domestic purposes on the continent of Europe, but has little to commend it, except...
Full view - About this book

Elementary Meteorology for High Schools and Colleges

Frank Waldo - 1896 - 392 pages
...212°. 33 In the Reaumur thermometer there are but 80 divisions or degrees between the fiducial points ; the freezing point is marked 0°, and the boiling point 80°. The graduation of standard thermometers is carried below the freezing and above the boiling points to some...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF