CONTENTS. 



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Introduction 7 



Apparatus 8 



Mercury and Glass 17 



Bromine 23 



Iodine 25 



Chloroform and Carbon Tetrachloride 29 



Bromoform 33 



Chlorine 34 



Phosphorus 35 



Water 37 



Heat of Compression 39 



New Manometer and Unit of Pressure 41 



Table of Results 43 



Change of Compressibility with Pressure 44 



Summary 4^ 



Illustrations. 



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Fig. 1 11 



" 2 12 



" 3 17 



" 4 19 



" 5 32 





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