...becoming latent, or are disengaged by the changes of condition to which substances are liable in passing from the solid to the liquid, and from the liquid to the gaseous form, or the contrary, occasioning endless vicissitudes of temperature over the globe. There are many...

...THERMOMETERS. 27. We have seen above (17), that heat is capable of changing the form of bodies, as from the solid to the liquid, and from the liquid to the gaseous state ; but before this change is effected, on the application of heat to nearly all bodies they are...

...of the ordinary thermometer is constructed with reference to the temperature at which water passes from the solid to the liquid, and from the liquid to the gaseous state. The thermometer, or heat-measurer, consists of a glass tube, of very fine bore, and having a...

...in$epeBd«irt/<rf; the bodies as ascertained by direct measurement/ any change of state occurs, as from the solid to the liquid, and from the liquid to the aeriform, curt vice versa, certain quantities of heat enter into or quit the respective substances,...

...its different stages or degrees of temperature corresponding with the varied conditions of passing from the solid to the liquid, and from the liquid to the vaporous state. These conditions have been carefully investigated by different authors ; but in order...

...its different stages or degrees of temperature corresponding with the varied conditions of passing from the solid to the liquid, and from the liquid to the vaporous state. These conditions have been carefully investigated by different authors ; but in order...

...becoming latent, or are disengaged by the changes of condition to which substances are liable in passing from the solid to the liquid, and from the liquid to the gaseous form, or the contrary," and, "water at the temperature of 32°, must part with 140°, of caloric, before...

...its different stages or degrees of temperature corresponding with the varied conditions of passing from the solid to the liquid, and from the liquid to the vaporous state. These conditions have been carefully investigated by different authors; but, in order...

...its different stages or degrees of temperature corresponding with the varied conditions of passing from the solid to the liquid, and from the liquid to the vaporous state. These conditions have been carefully investigated by different authors ; but, in order...

...continually as the temperature rises. Elevation of temperature, as well as change of state of aggregation from the solid to the liquid, and from the liquid to the gaseous state, always requires absorption of heat. In order to find the quantity of heat existing in the body...