401 ) 



l'if.'. i. 



ciirxe '''',''..,/'. is liic r-/-ciii-\(' lor llic sjiliiruled Ii(|iii(ls. 'l'lie foriiirr 

 L'ui'xc lias a niiiiiimiiii, llic sccdiid a iiiaxiimini ' ). 



Tlial llic' /•-/-(•iii-\(' of llu' saliiralcd xapoiir must liaxc a luiiiiinuiii 

 caii l)(' casilv proNcd foi- llic svslciu AuX()., -11., ()"■'). In lids case 

 IIr' Hiallci' is so simple, lii-sl because the \apoiir consists oiilv of 

 water ami secondly hecanse the maxinnini of the pressnre is still 

 below J \'„ atmosphere and therefore the law of 1)()V1,k-( Iay-Llssac 

 mav l»e applied for an a[)pr(i\imalion. 



'Jdio x'aponi' tensions of the satnrated A^'NO.i-solntions ai'e not yet 

 accnra("cly kntiwn, bnt this is of no importance here. AV'e may 

 assnnie here for the moment, that the \abies are perfectly accnrale 

 and (hen see what the position of the r-/-cnr\'e for the \aponr 

 must be. 



We get the followinii; ri^sidt ; 



b Probably this need no! always be tbc case. 

 2) These Proc. iV, 371. Dec. -26, I'JOl. 



