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pO RSET RESE ae OGL (El PEE RECT: are 
Water. Alcohol. Sulphuret of Carbon,| Sulphuric Ether. 
Temp. |Contract.} Temp. |Contract. Temp. |Contract.| Temp. |Contract. 
ea 
0-00 0:0 0:00 
0:0 0:00 0:0 0-0 0:00 
36 2°44 AA 4:90 ilps? 1-59 13 2°08 
8:0 5°40 5°5 6:08 3°6 4°38 2°6 4:04 
9:2 6°13 6°T 7°59 5:0 6:14 44 T18 
14:3 10°13 11°6 13:25 19 9°67 61 9°88 
21:0 13°68 15:2 17°82 10°1 12°12 ey 12°46 
26°6 17:00 19°8 23°13 12°4 14°93 9h 14:74 
33°h 20°53 23°6 27°52 15°0 17°98 10°7 17°33 
39°9 24°06 26°8 31°15 178 21°20 12-2 19°76 
46°2 26°95 31°8 36°19 20°4 24:27 14:0 22°65 
514 29°14 348 40°05 22°9 27°10 16:9 27:06 
56°4 31°16 40:8 A6°5T 25:0 29°65 20°3 32°27 
615 32°94 479 53-81 27°3 31:98 21:1 33°46 
67°4 34:76 519 57°92 29°8 34°84 25°9 40°37 
72°2 36°07 56°T 62-74 31°1 36°2T 28°8 44°69 
76:1 36:94 61°2 67°15 33°3 38°68 30°3 ABAT 
18:7 37°45 62°9 68°88 35°T 41°20 31:0 AT*81 
80:2 37:74 63°5 69°33 374 A301 311 47°88 
80:4 37°80 65:5 71:16 38°] 43°68 34:0 50°72 
84:5 38°25 67°3 12°97 410 46°85 37:3 55°25 
86:0 38°52 T0°T 76:10 A2°3 48:11 39°9 58°54 
: 12°5 17-83 AAT 50°68 40°5 59°56 
13°8 19:03 ATT 53°94 48:2 69°67 
50°0 56°28 51°6 {4:04 
51°l 57°39 53'1 75:87 
617 67°85 54°3 TTAB 
63°3 69-43 54:7 17:90 
64:3 10°45 554 18°84 
In order the better to show the rate of dilatation, the following 
table was calculated, showing the degree of contraction for every 
five centigrade degrees below the boiling point of each liquid. 
Sulphuret of 
Icohol. P ther. 
Water A 1 Garxbous Ethe 
Contract! Ditto cal-| Contract | Ditto ca)-|Contract (Ditto cal- Contract |Ditto cal- 
by exper.| culated. |by exper.| culated. }by exper.) culated. by exper. culated. 
at 
ee | ef | 
0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00} 0:00} 0:00; 0:00 | 0:00 
9 3:34 | 3°35.) 5°55] 5:56) 614) GOT} 815) 816 
10 6°61 6°65 | 11-43 | 11-24 | 12°01 | 12°08 | 16°17 | 16°01 
15 10°50 | 9°89 | 17°51 | 17-00 | 17-98 | 17°99 | 24°16 | 23°60 
20 13°15 | 13°03 | 24:34 | 23°41 | 23°80 | 23°80 | 31°83 | 30°92 
25 16:06 | 16°06 | 29°15 | 28°60 | 29°65 | 29°50 | 39°14 | 38-08 
30 18°85 | 18°95 | 34°74 | 34°37 | 35°06 | 35°05 | 46°42 | 45°04 
35 21°52 | 21°67 | 40°28 | 40:05 | 40°48 | 40°43 | 52-06 | 51°86 
40 24°10 |-24:20 | 45°68 | 4566 | 45°17 | 45°67 | 58-1T | 58 57 
45 26°50 | 26°52 | 50°85 ) 5k-11 | 51°08 | 50°70 | 65°48) 65°20 
50 28°66 | 28°61 | 56°02 } 56°37 | 56°28 | 55:52 | 72-01 | 71°79 
55 30°60 | 30°43 | 61-01 | 61°43 | 61:14 | 60°12 | 78°38 | 78°36 
60 32-42 | 31:96 | 65°96 | 66°23 | 66°21 | 64:48 
65 34:02 | 33°19 | 70°74 | 70°75 
10 35°47 | 34:09 | 75°48 | 74:93 
75 36:70 | 34°63 | 80°11 | 78°75 
