 When water is heated, the elastic force of the vapor produced from it gradually increases until it becomes equal to the incumbent weight of the atmosphere. Then, the pressure of the atmosphere being overcome, the steam escapes rapidly in large bubbles,...  Tables, Meteorological and Physical - Page 96by Arnold Guyot - 1859 - 637 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Smithsonian Institution - Mathematical geography - 1897 - 982 pages
...OF THE BOILING POINT OF WATER. When water is heated in the open air, the elastic force of its vapor gradually increases, until it becomes equal to the...bubbles and the water boils. The temperature at which water boils in the open air thus depends upon the weight of the atmospheric column above it, and under... | |
 | Engineering - 1886 - 542 pages
...WITH THE THEBMO-BABOMETER. § 64. Theory. — When water is heated, the elastic force of the vapor produced from it gradually increases until it becomes...escapes rapidly in large bubbles, and the water boils. Since the temperature at which water boils in the open air depends upon the weight of the atmospheric... | |
 | Ira Osborn Baker - Leveling - 1887 - 180 pages
...WITH THE THEBMO-BAEOMETER. § 64. Theory. — When water is heated, the elastic force of the vapor produced from it gradually increases until it becomes...escapes rapidly in large bubbles, and the water boils. Since the temperature at which water boils in the open air depends upon the weight of the atmospheric... | |
 | Ira Osborn Baker - Leveling - 1887 - 168 pages
...WITH THE THEEMO-BABOMETEB. § 64. Theory. — When water is heated, the elastic force of the vapor produced from it gradually increases until it becomes...escapes rapidly in large bubbles, and the water boils. Since the temperature at which water boils in the open air depends upon the weight of the atmospheric... | |
 | Ira Osborn Baker - Leveling - 1887 - 156 pages
...THERMO-BAROMETEB. § 64. Theory.—"When water is heated, the elastic force of the vapor produced from ii. gradually increases until it becomes equal to the...escapes rapidly in large bubbles, and the water boils. Since the temperature at which water boils in the open air depends upon the weight of the atmospheric... | |
 | Ira Osborn Baker - Leveling - 1887 - 162 pages
...water is heated, the elastic force of the vapor produced from ii. gradually increases until it becomps equal to the incumbent weight of the atmosphere. Then,...escapes rapidly in large bubbles, and the water boils. Since the temperature at which water boils in the open air depends upon the weight of the atmospheric... | |
 | Herbert Michael Wilson - Camping - 1900 - 964 pages
...because when water is heated the elastic force of the vapor produced as it is transformed into steam increases until it becomes equal to the incumbent weight of the atmosphere; this pressure then being overcome, the vapor bursts into steam. It is evident, therefore, that the... | |
 | Herbert Michael Wilson - Camping - 1900 - 986 pages
...because when water is heated the elastic force of the vapor produced as it is transformed into steam increases until it becomes equal to the incumbent weight of the atmosphere ; this pressure then being overcome, the vapor bursts into steam. It is evident, therefore, that the... | |
 | Herbert Michael Wilson - Camping - 1900 - 988 pages
...because when water is heated the elastic force of the vapor produced as it is transformed into steam increases until it becomes equal to the incumbent weight of the atmosphere ; this pressure then being overcome, the vapor bursts into steam. It is evident, therefore, that the... | |
 | Herbert Michael Wilson - Camping - 1912 - 986 pages
...because when water is heated the elastic force of the vapor produced as it is transformed into steam increases until it becomes equal to the incumbent weight of the atmosphere; this pressure then being overcome, the vapor bursts into steam. It is evident, therefore, that the... | |
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