 | John Tyndall - Heat - 1863 - 500 pages
...be crushed inwards. Here, then, we have the true definition of the boiling point of a liquid. It is that temperature at which the tension of its vapour exactly balances the pressure of the atmosphere. As we ascend a mountain the pressure of the atmosphere above us diminishes, and the boiling point is... | |
 | John Tyndall - Heat - 1863 - 538 pages
...be crushed inwards. Here, then, we have the true definition of the boiling point of a liquid. It is that temperature at which the tension of its vapour exactly balances the pressure of the atmosphere. As we ascend a mountain the pressure of the atmosphere above us diminishes, and the boiling point is... | |
 | John Tyndall - Heat - 1866 - 492 pages
...be crushed inwards. Here, then, we have the true definition of the boiling point of a liquid. It is that temperature at which the tension of its vapour exactly balances the pressure of the atmosphere. As we ascend a mountain the pressure of the atmosphere above us diminishes, and the boiling point is... | |
 | John Tyndall - Heat - 1868 - 560 pages
...be crushed inwards. Here, then, we have the true definition of the boiling point of a liquid. It is that temperature at which the tension of its vapour exactly balances the pressure of the atmosphere. (138) As we ascend a mountain, the pressure of the atmosphere above us diminishes, and the boiling... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1874 - 530 pages
...scientific importance. According to Tyndall, the exact definition of the boiling-point of a liquid is 'that temperature at which the tension of its vapour exactly balances the presstire of the atmosphere." Tyndall found the boiling-point of water at the summit of Mount Rosa... | |
 | Henry Evers - Steam - 1878 - 410 pages
...as limpid water ; (3) a gas, as steam. 8. The Ebullition of Water. — The boiling point of water is that temperature at which the tension of its vapour...exactly balances the pressure of the atmosphere.* The student must bear in mind the law of convection, as explained farther on. As part of that law of... | |
 | Thomas Liddell Ainsley - 1880 - 866 pages
...more convenient, and it is to be hoped may ultimately be adopted. t " The boiling point of water ia that temperature at which the tension of its vapour exactly balances the pressure of the atmosphere."—TYNCALL'S Htat «а л ¿fofo of Motion. Measure of the pressure of steam.—The pressure... | |
 | Alfonzo Gardiner - 1881 - 214 pages
...rough. 264. Boiling Point. — The boiling point of water, or of any other liquid, may be said to be " that temperature at which the tension of its vapour...exactly balances the pressure of the atmosphere." The higher the temperature the greater the tension of the vapour. 1. L. e-bul-li-o — I boil, or bubble... | |
 | Henry Evers - 1885 - 428 pages
...limpid water ; (3) a gas, as steam. 8. The Ebullition of Water. — The boiling point of water is thslt temperature at which the tension of its vapour exactly 'balances the pressure of the atmosphere.* The student must bear in mind the law of convection, as explained farther on. As part of that law of... | |
 | Robert Galloway - Chemistry - 1888 - 378 pages
...air ; sulphuric acid is a liquid which absorbs a large quantity. Ex. 143, par. 234. Ex. 144. It is that temperature at which the tension of its vapour exactly balances the pressure of the atmosphere. Ex. 145, par. III. Ex. 146. Because the motion of the body is not added to the muscular effort, as... | |
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If the steam were predominant, the bubble would burst from within outwards ; if the air were predominant, the bubble would be crushed inwards. Here, then, we have the true definition of the boiling point of a liquid. It is that temperature at which the... 