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... temperature to which the pyrometric piece has been exposed , the further will it slide up the scale . In order to compare his scale with Fahrenheit's mercurial thermometer , which cannot measure a temperature much beyond 600 ° , Mr ...
... temperature to which the pyrometric piece has been exposed , the further will it slide up the scale . In order to compare his scale with Fahrenheit's mercurial thermometer , which cannot measure a temperature much beyond 600 ° , Mr ...
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... temperature at which dew begins to be deposited as a method of ascertaining the moisture of the air . De Luc has the merit of having proved that the quantity and force of vapour in a vacuum of any given dimensions , are equal to its ...
... temperature at which dew begins to be deposited as a method of ascertaining the moisture of the air . De Luc has the merit of having proved that the quantity and force of vapour in a vacuum of any given dimensions , are equal to its ...
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... temperature . From not sufficiently attending to the various requisites to obviate error , they did not arrive at the true conclu- sion . We cwe to De Luc the more successful investigation of this problem ; by a train of nice ...
... temperature . From not sufficiently attending to the various requisites to obviate error , they did not arrive at the true conclu- sion . We cwe to De Luc the more successful investigation of this problem ; by a train of nice ...
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POPULAR INTRODUCTIONS to NATURAL PHILOSOPHY By | i |
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MARCET icx | 10 |
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