Elements of chemistry : theoretical and practical / by William Allen Miller ; revised by Herbert McLeod.

  • William Allen Miller
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1877-1878
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Credit: Elements of chemistry : theoretical and practical / by William Allen Miller ; revised by Herbert McLeod. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NO. OP PABAGBAFN. FAG* i27< Photographic Spectra of the Elements 276 i2’]u Extinction of Chemical Kays 278 \2‘]v Opposite EfEects of the Red and Violet Ends of the Spectrum 279 i2’]w Action of Solar Spectrum on Vegetable Colours .... 281 CHAPTER V. Heat 281—443 128 General Effects of Heat . .' 281 129 Sources of Heat—Mechanical Equivalent of Heat .... 282 130 Nature of Heat—Mechanical Theory of Heat 286 § I. Expansion—Measurement of Tempera- ture 288—315 131 Difference between Heat and Temperature 288 132 Expansion of Solids 289 133 Expansion of Liquids 290 134 Expansion of Gases 293 135 Air Thermometers—Differential Thermoscope ib. 136 Principle on which the Thermometer is Graduated .... 295 137 Tests of a good Thermometer 296 138 Different forms of Thermometer 297 139 Increase in the Ratio of Dilatation with Rise of Temperature . 299 140 Pyrometers—Daniell’s Pyi-ometer 301 141 Comparative Range of Temperature 302 142 Pressure exerted by Expansion 303 143 Anomalous Expansion of Water 304 144 Correction of Volume of Gases for Temperature 305 145 Adjustment of Volume to Changes of Temj^erature .... 306 146 Process of taking Density of Gases ib. 147 Determination of the Density of Vapours 310 § II. On the Equilibrium of Temperature 315—346 148 Equilibrium of Temperature 315 149 Conduction, in Solids, Liquids, and Gases 316 150 Inequality in the Rate of Conduction in different Directions . 319 151 Convection of Heat 321 152 Currents in Gases:—Ventilation 322 153 Trade Winds—Land and Sea-breezes 324 154 Gulf Stream ••325
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