Report of the Committee of the House of Commons, on ventilation, warming and transmission of sound / abbreviated, with notes, by W.S. Inman.

  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee on Ventilation, Sound, etc.
Date:
1836
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Credit: Report of the Committee of the House of Commons, on ventilation, warming and transmission of sound / abbreviated, with notes, by W.S. Inman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Page Temperature of Man—Incubation—Warm Baths—Coal Pits—Springs of Water, and Atmosphere of Summer—of Freezing and Boiling Water—of the Earth, &c.—Pleasant, 31 Comparative Tables of—Reaumur, Fahren- heit, and Celsius, or the Centigrade Sys- tem, 35 Observations on, by Sir John Boss, . 4 Atmospheric Air—Its Weight—Pressure—Specific Gra- vity— Bulk—Expansion—Condensation—Absorption of Heat and Moisture—Velocity—Electricity—PleasantTem- perature, . 29 Water—Its Weight—Specific Gravity—Expansion—Con- ducting'power for Heat, ...... 32 Gas—Oxygen, . . . Azotic, Hydrogen, Weight—Specific Gravity Carburetted, .' Y —Expansion—Relative capacities for Heat, . 29 Sulphuretted, Carbonic Acid, . . J Winds—Velocity, Force, and Character—Table of—Dry and Moist of Arabia, Africa, and China—the Trade, . 34 Rain—Mean fall of in London, &c 31 Effect on Electricity of the Atmosphere, . . 29 Congelation—line of perpetual, in various latitudes, • . 33 Respiration—Quantity of Air breathed—Capacity of the Human Lungs, &c. ....... 3] Exhalation—Quantity transpired in twenty-four hours, . 33