A manual of elementary chemistry : theoretical and practical / by George Fownes.

  • George Fownes
Date:
1859
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Credit: A manual of elementary chemistry : theoretical and practical / by George Fownes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGH 37 Introduction * PART I. PHYSICS. Of density and specific gravity 39 Methods of determining the specific gravities of fluids and solids . • 39 Construction and application of the hydrometer 44 Of the physical constitution of the atmosphere, and of gases in GENERAL 46 Elasticity of gases. — Construction and use of the air-pump .... 46 Weight and pressure of the air. — Barometer 49 Law of Mariotte: relations of density and elastic force: corrections of volumes of gases for pressure 60 Heat 53 Expansion. — Thermometers 53 Different rates of expansion among metals; compensation-pendulum. 56 Daniell's pyrometer 57 Expansion of liquids and gases.—Ventilation. — Movements of the atmosphere 59 Conduction of heat 64 Change of state. — Latent heat 65 Ebullition; steam 66 Distillation 70 Evaporation at low temperatures 71 Vapor of the atmosphere; hygrometry 73 Liquefaction of permanent gases 75