at hid Temper aturei, ^ 141 



It is therefore of matcFial consequence to this inquiry to 

 know in what degree equal bulks of mercury and alcohol 

 increase together, without the hydrostatic balance denoting 

 the alterauon by any change of loss of weighty for this 

 purpose we must look to D, and forward to the experiment 

 G, and the calculations from them at L and \, where we 

 shall find a rule for discovering the specific gravity of al- 

 cohol. 



F. To find the proportion of contraction between mercury 

 and water, I took 3024 grains of mercury in a bladder, as 

 before ; and weighing it in distilled water by the hydrostatic 

 balance, the mercury and water heated to the temperature 



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