The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 10. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1879 |
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Page 31
... pressure were not distinguishable from the expansive and contractive effects of heat and cold , and it became an efficient measure of temperature only when Rinieri , in 1646 , introduced the improvement of hermetically sealing the ...
... pressure were not distinguishable from the expansive and contractive effects of heat and cold , and it became an efficient measure of temperature only when Rinieri , in 1646 , introduced the improvement of hermetically sealing the ...
Page 41
... pressure between folds of bibulous paper , and purified by dissolving in boiling water , by re- crystallization at about 27 ° C. , and washing of the crystals with ice - cold water . The production of the acid appears to be due to the ...
... pressure between folds of bibulous paper , and purified by dissolving in boiling water , by re- crystallization at about 27 ° C. , and washing of the crystals with ice - cold water . The production of the acid appears to be due to the ...
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... Pressure . Annual Rainfall . Highest . Lowest . Annual Mean . Inches . Inches . 1874 98.5 ° 72.8 ° 30-051 54:49 1875 98.52 24 ° 69.6 ° 30.063 46.66 1876 97.0 ° 40 ° 70.9 ° 80-050 70.59 1877 1878 96.0 ° 30 ° 68.7 ° 30 073 42.99 97.0 ° 30 ...
... Pressure . Annual Rainfall . Highest . Lowest . Annual Mean . Inches . Inches . 1874 98.5 ° 72.8 ° 30-051 54:49 1875 98.52 24 ° 69.6 ° 30.063 46.66 1876 97.0 ° 40 ° 70.9 ° 80-050 70.59 1877 1878 96.0 ° 30 ° 68.7 ° 30 073 42.99 97.0 ° 30 ...
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... pressure thus created , and which would be re - enforced by the civilization and Christianity of the The foremost nations of the world , the South would speedily give way and proclaim freedom to her bondmen . He was a man of peace ...
... pressure thus created , and which would be re - enforced by the civilization and Christianity of the The foremost nations of the world , the South would speedily give way and proclaim freedom to her bondmen . He was a man of peace ...
Page 88
... pressure of 200 per square inch . At for manufacturing gas , and in obtaining an Act of Par- Bloomfield , Ontario co . , New York , there is a spring which liament for the Gas - Light and Coke Company . In 1813 yields daily no less than ...
... pressure of 200 per square inch . At for manufacturing gas , and in obtaining an Act of Par- Bloomfield , Ontario co . , New York , there is a spring which liament for the Gas - Light and Coke Company . In 1813 yields daily no less than ...
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