Chemistry of the Four Seasons ...: An Essay, Principally Concerning Natural Phenomena Admitting of Interpretation by Chemical ScienceJ. Churchill, 1846 - 451 pages |
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... can be experimentally proved by the following arrangement . Fig . 8 . A Florence flask is placed with its neck dipping beneath the water contained in a glass ; the flask , although empty , in the ordinary acceptation of the term. SPRING .
... can be experimentally proved by the following arrangement . Fig . 8 . A Florence flask is placed with its neck dipping beneath the water contained in a glass ; the flask , although empty , in the ordinary acceptation of the term. SPRING .
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... neck , and bubbles through the water . Allow twelve or fourteen bubbles to escape , then remove the lamp , and as the flask cools , water from Fig . 10 . the glass will gradually rise into the neck of the flask , and at last become ...
... neck , and bubbles through the water . Allow twelve or fourteen bubbles to escape , then remove the lamp , and as the flask cools , water from Fig . 10 . the glass will gradually rise into the neck of the flask , and at last become ...
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... neck of the flask had not been under water , the exter- nal air would have entered to restore the original vo- lume ; but being thus placed , the pressure of the exter- nal air forces water upward , to supply the place of the air that ...
... neck of the flask had not been under water , the exter- nal air would have entered to restore the original vo- lume ; but being thus placed , the pressure of the exter- nal air forces water upward , to supply the place of the air that ...
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... neck into the bulb of the flask , the flame will be found to continue for a time , with the same brilliancy as in the open air ; at last it is extinguished . Fig . 11 . Fig . 12 . These experiments are to prove that the pure and ...
... neck into the bulb of the flask , the flame will be found to continue for a time , with the same brilliancy as in the open air ; at last it is extinguished . Fig . 11 . Fig . 12 . These experiments are to prove that the pure and ...
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... a lighted taper through the neck of the glass , and ascertain that the included air supports flame ; then remove the taper , lift the glass perfectly out of the water , and move it backwards and forwards in the open air , SPRING . 59.
... a lighted taper through the neck of the glass , and ascertain that the included air supports flame ; then remove the taper , lift the glass perfectly out of the water , and move it backwards and forwards in the open air , SPRING . 59.
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