CONTENTS. 



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PREFACE v 



CONTENTS ix 



AUTHORITIES xiii 



CHAPTER I. 



FUELS I 



Definitions. Fuels. Calorific Value. Heat of Combustion. 

 Thermometers. Metastatic Thermometers. 



CHAPTER II. 



METHOD OF DETERMINING HEAT OF COMBUSTION 7 



Methods Depending on the Composition. On the Reducing 

 Power. 



CHAPTER III. 



CALORIMETERS 12 



Installation. Evaluation in Water. Correction for Readings. 



CHAPTER IV. 



CALORIMETERS WITH CONSTANT PRESSURE 20 



Calorimeters using Air or Oxygen. Favre and Silbermann's. 

 Alexejew's. Fischer's. Thomsen's. Carpenter's. Schwack- 

 hofer's. W. Thompson's. Barrus's. Hartley and Junker's. 



CHAPTER V. 



CALORIMETERS WITH CONSTANT VOLUME 45 



Relation of Constant Volume and Constant Pressure. An- 

 drews'. Berthelot's. Description. Working. Calculation. 



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