On the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man: Principally with Reference to the Supply of His Wants, and the Exercise of His Intellectual FacultiesWilliam Pickering, 1833 - 375 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 96
... Fahrenheit's thermometer as indicating the average extent of variation to which the body is exposed in this climate , it will be found that a difference of two or three degrees , above or be- low a given point , will generally be ...
... Fahrenheit's thermometer as indicating the average extent of variation to which the body is exposed in this climate , it will be found that a difference of two or three degrees , above or be- low a given point , will generally be ...
الصفحة 97
... Fahrenheit's thermo- meter to the 52d degree below the freezing point of water , has been borne under the protection of very moderate clothing . And , on the other hand , an atmosphere of a temperature as high as the 200dth degree of ...
... Fahrenheit's thermo- meter to the 52d degree below the freezing point of water , has been borne under the protection of very moderate clothing . And , on the other hand , an atmosphere of a temperature as high as the 200dth degree of ...
الصفحة 116
... Fahrenheit ; and 66 66 66 66 may be much increased by throwing water on " the glowing hot stones in the chamber of the oven . The Russian baths therefore are va- pour - baths ; and it appears that even the sa- vage tribes of America are ...
... Fahrenheit ; and 66 66 66 66 may be much increased by throwing water on " the glowing hot stones in the chamber of the oven . The Russian baths therefore are va- pour - baths ; and it appears that even the sa- vage tribes of America are ...
الصفحة 121
... Fahrenheit's scale ; that water itself at about the 40th degree is of its greatest density ; and that under all common circumstances it freezes , or becomes solid , at the 32d degree . If we suppose then the temperature of a pool or ...
... Fahrenheit's scale ; that water itself at about the 40th degree is of its greatest density ; and that under all common circumstances it freezes , or becomes solid , at the 32d degree . If we suppose then the temperature of a pool or ...
الصفحة 122
... Fahrenheit ; and a gradual reduction of its temperature to take place from that moment by the effect of a constantly diminishing tem- perature of the air ; under such circumstances the following phenomena would occur . The particles of ...
... Fahrenheit ; and a gradual reduction of its temperature to take place from that moment by the effect of a constantly diminishing tem- perature of the air ; under such circumstances the following phenomena would occur . The particles of ...
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