TABLES. 



I. Table of the expansive force of steam in pounds per square inch, for tem- 

 peratures above 212° Fahrenheit, 335 



II. Table of the quantity of vapor contained in atmospheric air at different 

 temperatures, when saturated, 336 



III. Table of the expansion of air and other gases by heat, when perfectly 

 free from vapor, 337 



IV. Table of specific gravity and expansion of water at different temper- 

 atures, 338 



V. Table of specific heat, specific gravity, and expansion by heaiof difierent 

 bodies, '. 339 



VI. Table of the eflects of heat, . . . 340 



VII. Table of the quantity of water contained in 100 feet of pipe of difierent 

 diameters, 341 



VIII. Table showing the effects of wind in cooling glass, 341 



IX. Experiments on the cooling efl'ect of windows, 342 



X. Weights of watery vapor in one cubic foot of air, at dew points from 0° to 

 100° Fahrenheit, 344 



XI. Dalton's table of the force of vapor, from 32" to 80°, 345 



XII. Table for ascertaining dew point by observations on the wet and dry 

 bulb thermometer, 346 



XIII. Table of the anal3-sis of confined air, 343 



XIV. Constitutiou of the ptmosphere ; consumption of oxygen, and formation 

 of carbonic acid, 349 



XV. Table of mean temperatures of the hottest and coldest months, 350 



XVI. Mean temperature of the earth and of the atmosphere, 351 



XVII. Specific gravity of different kinds of timlier, 352 



XVIII. Solutions for the impregnation of wood which is exposed to the at- 

 mosphere, for the purpose of preserving it from decay, 353 



XIX. Heating power of different kinds of wood, drawn from the quantity 

 of oxygen required to burn them, 364 



XX. Difference of weight of two columns of water, each one foot high, at 

 wious temperatures, 465 



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