PROF. PARTINGTON'S book is remarkable in that, instead of dealing generally with the properties of gases, it selects for fuller treatment the single property of specific heat. In the case of steam, ...

IN two recent papers 1 a new method has been described for measuring the specific heats of gases. The essential part of the particular form of apparatus described is a calorimeter containing an iron ...

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Equal masses of aluminum and lead are heated in boiling water. The metals are then placed in separate beakers containing equal volumes of room temperature water. The temperature change in each amount ...

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