The Chemistry of Fire and Fire Prevention: A Handbook for Insurance Surveyors, Works' Managers, and All Interested in Fire Risks and Their Diminution |
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Page 18 - Rhodium . . Rubidium Ruthenium Samarium . . Scandium . . Selenium . . Silicon Silver Sodium Strontium . . Sulphur . . Tantalum . . Tellurium . . Terbium . . Thallium . . Thorium . . Thulium . . Tin.. Titanium . . Tungsten . . Uranium . . Vanadium . . Xenon Ytterbium Yttrium . . Zinc Zirconium . . Mo Nd Ne Ni N Os O Pd P Pt K Pr Ra Rn Re Rh Rb Ru Sm Sc Se Si Ag Na Sr S Ta Te Tb Tl Th Tm Sn Ti W U V Xe Yb Y Zn Zr...
Page 18 - Aluminium Antimony Argon . Arsenic Barium Beryllium Bismuth Boron Bromine Cadmium Caesium Calcium Carbon Cerium Chlorine Chromium Cobalt Columbium Copper Erbium Fluorine Gadinolium Gallium Germanium Gold Helium Hydrogen Indium Iodine Iridium Iron 'Krypton Lanthanum Lead Lithium Magnesium Manganese Mercury Molybdenum SYMBOL Al Sb A As Ba Be
Page 36 - It represents the quantity of heat necessary to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water 1 ° F.
Page 36 - The specific heat of a substance is the number of units of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of it by one degree.
Page 112 - Ike current is directly proportional to the electromotive force and inversely proportional to the resistance.
Page 59 - According to the kinetic theory a gas is composed of molecules in random motion, colliding with each other and with the walls of the containing vessel.
Page 39 - ... kettle of water is put on a stove, it gets hotter and hotter until it boils. Then no matter how much heat we apply to the kettle, if there is a free outlet for the steam to escape, the temperature remains constant at 100° .C or 212° F. The heat energy which seems to disappear in boiling the water is called the latent heat of steam or the latent heat of vaporization. When steam flows from a steam pipe into a radiator in a room, some of it condenses and gives back the heat which apparently disappeared...
Page 5 - Some mercury is poured into a narrow tube which is closed at one end and open at the other. The tube is inverted in the tall cylinder of mercury.
Page 5 - Torricelli expected, and he soon perceived the true cause of the phenomenon. The weight of the atmosphere acting upon the surface of the mercury in the vessel, supports the liquid in the tube, this last being protected from the pressure of the atmosphere by the closed end of the tube.
Page 163 - ... Southboro', Massachusetts, in 1862, gave an average of 49 pounds of milk a day for 114 days, commencing June 1st; and for the month of July her average was 51 pounds 13 ounces per day. Her milk for three days in July yielded six pounds of butter. Her live weight at the close of the trial was 967 pounds.