H E A 



Fahr. IVedg. 



Mercury freezes ***** ***** ***** 40 ... - %\^QQ 

 TABLE II. 



Table of the congealing or concreting temperatures of various liquids by 



Fahrenheit's scale. ( Ure.} 



Sulphuric ether ***** ***** ***** 46o 



Liquid ammonia ***** ***** ***** 46 



Nitric acid sp. gr. 1.424 ***** ***** ***** 45.5 



Sulphuric acid sp. gr. 1.6415 ***** ***** 45 



Mercury ***** *~~ ***** 39 



Nitric acid sp. gr. 1.3290 ***** ***** 2.4 



Brandy ~*~ 7.0 



Alochol 1, water 1. . 7 



Alcohol 1, water 3 -f- 7 



Oil of turpentine ***** ***** ***** 14 



Strong wines ***** ,~ ***** ^- 20 



Blood 25 



Vinegar *~++ **** ^*w. ***** 23 



Sea water ***** ***** ***** 28 



Milk ***** ***** ***** ***** 30 



Water ***** *. , . ***** 32 



Olive oil ***** * ***** ***** 36 



Sulphuric acid, sp. gr. 1.7il ***** ***** 42 



Tallow 92 



Spermaceti ***** ***** ***** 112 



Yellow wax ***** ***** ***** 142 



White do. 155 



Tin 442 



Lead . 612 



Zinc ***** ***** ***** ***** 680 



The concreting temperature of the bodies above tallow in this Table, 

 is usually called their freezing or congealing point, and of tallow and the 

 bodies below it the fusing or melting point. 



TABLE III. 



Table of the boiling points by Fahrenheit's scale of a few of the most im- 

 portant liquids, under a mean barometrical pressure of 30 inches. 

 (Ure.) 



Ether sp. gr. 0.7365 at 48 9 Gay Lussac ***** 100 9 



Alcohol sp. gr. 0.813 ^^ ^^ Ure *,, ,^~ 173.5 

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