The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Latest Edition. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideDay Otis Kellogg, Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith Werner, 1902 |
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... 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 tannic acid ; and in pyrosis , diarrhoea , some forms of paper , and purified by dissolving in boiling water , by re- dysentery , and tabes and rickets , and atonic states of the crystallization at ...
... pressure between folds of bibulous tannic acid ; and in pyrosis , diarrhoea , some forms of paper , and purified by dissolving in boiling water , by re- dysentery , and tabes and rickets , and atonic states of the crystallization at ...
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... pressure : Year . Rain Fall . ature . ature . Highest Lowest Mean Temper- Temper- Temper- ature . Mean Bar . Pressure . 1875 46.66 in . 98.5 ° 24 ° 69.6 ° 30.063 in . 1876 70.59 97 ° 40 ° 70.99 30.050 " 1877 42.99 96 ° 30 ° 68.7 ...
... pressure : Year . Rain Fall . ature . ature . Highest Lowest Mean Temper- Temper- Temper- ature . Mean Bar . Pressure . 1875 46.66 in . 98.5 ° 24 ° 69.6 ° 30.063 in . 1876 70.59 97 ° 40 ° 70.99 30.050 " 1877 42.99 96 ° 30 ° 68.7 ...
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... pressure of 200 fb 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 ...
... pressure of 200 fb 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 ...
Page 90
... pressure as it rises in pipes , which pressure facilitates its distribution , and it is much easier to control than to beget pressure . In the planning of works , regard must be given to economy of space and to labour - saving ...
... pressure as it rises in pipes , which pressure facilitates its distribution , and it is much easier to control than to beget pressure . In the planning of works , regard must be given to economy of space and to labour - saving ...
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