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CHAPTER PROPERTIES FLUID PRESSURE I MATTER GENERAL BAROMETERS | 1 |
HEAT AND TEMPERATURE | 22 |
EXPANSION OF SOLIDS | 40 |
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absorbed alcohol apparatus apparent expansion atmospheric pressure barometer body boiling point Boyle's Law British Thermal Units bulb calculation caloric theory calories calorimeter Centigrade coefficient of apparent coefficient of expansion coefficient of linear cold water condensed constant volume containing cooling copper density Describe dew-point energy equal ether evaporation experiment Explain Fahrenheit fixed points flask freezing gases grms heat given heat of fusion heat radiations Heat received hot water hygrometer iron latent heat length linear expansion liquid measured melting point metal method mixture molecules observed obtained paraffin particles piece quantity of heat raise the temperature raised in temperature reading realised rise saturated scale shown in Fig solid specific heat sphere spherometer substance surface t₁ t₂ thermal capacity thermopile thermoscope Torricellian vaporisation vapour pressure vessel warm water equivalent water vapour wave-motion waves weight whilst wire