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... thermometer , is also necessary to the production of vinegar ; and fermented liquors will become acid under this temperature by the solution of the tartar only ; yet a perfect vinegar cannot be formed in a close vessel . A free access ...
... thermometer , is also necessary to the production of vinegar ; and fermented liquors will become acid under this temperature by the solution of the tartar only ; yet a perfect vinegar cannot be formed in a close vessel . A free access ...
Page 374
... thermometer is at the lowest point of the scale it is capable of , that is , water is of the greatest density at 420 of the mercurial thermometer . clusively the variation is perceptible on the scale ; From 41 ° to 44 ° in- so small as ...
... thermometer is at the lowest point of the scale it is capable of , that is , water is of the greatest density at 420 of the mercurial thermometer . clusively the variation is perceptible on the scale ; From 41 ° to 44 ° in- so small as ...
Page 375
... thermometer stood at 53 ° , it was impossible to say , without a know- ledge of other circumstances , whether its tem- perature was really 53 ° , or 32 ° . Recollecting some experiments of Dr. Blagden in the Philosophical Transactions ...
... thermometer stood at 53 ° , it was impossible to say , without a know- ledge of other circumstances , whether its tem- perature was really 53 ° , or 32 ° . Recollecting some experiments of Dr. Blagden in the Philosophical Transactions ...
Page 376
... thermometer bulbs , and it appeared that water may be cooled down in such circumstances , not only to 21 ° , but to 5 ° or 6 ° , without freezing , and that the law of expansion abovementioned obtains in every part of the scale from 42 ...
... thermometer bulbs , and it appeared that water may be cooled down in such circumstances , not only to 21 ° , but to 5 ° or 6 ° , without freezing , and that the law of expansion abovementioned obtains in every part of the scale from 42 ...
Page 378
... thermometer immersed in an equal mixture of water at 32 ° and 53 ° , would be the same as if the water was uniformly of the temperature 42 . But it has material consequences in other re- spects ; for , if it be admitted , it annihilates ...
... thermometer immersed in an equal mixture of water at 32 ° and 53 ° , would be the same as if the water was uniformly of the temperature 42 . But it has material consequences in other re- spects ; for , if it be admitted , it annihilates ...
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Page 532 - Thus, the force of aqueous vapour of 2 12° is equal to 30 inches of mercury ; at 30' below, or 182°, it is of half that force; and at 40° above, or 252°, it is of double the force ; so likewise the vapour from sulphuric ether which boils at 102°, then supporting 30 inches of mercury, at 30°...
Page 243 - ... that, in all the operations of art and nature, nothing is created ; an equal quantity of matter exists both before and after the experiment : the quality and quantity of the elements remain precisely the same, and nothing takes place beyond changes and modifications in the combinations of these elements. Upon this principle, the whole art of performing chemical experiments depends...
Page 21 - The mind, when actuated by such, is ever ready to engage in party feuds : for the men of large influence in communities, avowing on both sides a specious cause, some standing up for the just equality of the popular, others for the fair decorum of the aristocratical government, by artful sounds embarrassed those communities for their own private lucre. Both sides, intent on victory, carried on the contention with the keenest spirit. They most daringly projected, and then regularly executed the most...
Page 34 - Lauro-cerasus) is a good match to a stick of red sealing-wax; and the back of the leaf answers to the lighter red of wafers. Hence it will be immediately concluded, that I see either red or green, or both, different from other people. The fact is, I believe that they both appear different to me from what they do to others. Green and orange have much affinity also.
Page 29 - I was apprized of any peculiarity in my vision. I had not, however, attended much to the practical discrimination of colours, owing, in some degree, to what I conceived to be a perplexity in their nomenclature. Since the year 1790, the occasional study of botany obliged me to attend more to colours than before. With respect to colours that were white, yellow, or green. I readily assented to the appropriate term. Blue, purple, pink, and crimson appeared rather less distinguishable; being, according...
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Page 31 - To me it is quite otherwise — I see only two or at most three distinctions. These I should call yellow and blue: or yellow, blue and purple. My yellow comprehends the red, orange, yellow and green of others; and my blue and purple...
Page 32 - All crimsons appear to me to consist chiefly of dark blue; but many of them seem to have a strong tinge of dark brown. I have seen specimens of crimson, claret, and mud, which were very nearly alike. Crimson has a grave appearance, being the reverse of every shewy and splendid colour. Woollen yarn dyed crimson or dark blue is the same to me.
Page 569 - ... of the particles of air ; and is similar to that which a stream of water meets with in descending amongst pebbles.
Page 365 - That they are principally supplied by large subterranean reservoirs of water. 3d. That they derive their water originally from the sea, on the principle of filtration. It is obvious, that before we pay any attention to the two latter opinions, the causes assigned in the first ought to be proved insufficient by direct experiment. M. de la Hire is the only one who has attempted to do this, as far as my information extends, in the Parisian Memoiri for 1703.