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Mr. B. Loewy on the Behaviour 



[Mar. 4, 



8. In the following Table I give the results of six experiments which 

 were made for my purpose, leaving their discussion for the next para- 

 graphs, A number of experiments made previously to these here given, 

 in the large Kew receiver, had to be rejected ; for the apparatus has leaked 

 latterly to a considerable amount during a day, causing a feeble but con- 



Table II. Experiments for determining the Vacuum-correction of Thermometers. 



No. of experiment. 



Designation of 

 thermometers. 



Corrected means of 

 readings before 

 exhaustion. 



Means of readings 

 immediately after 

 exhaustion. 



Pressure in the 

 receiver. 



Interval between 

 the last and next 

 reading. 



Means of readings 

 after interval. 



Pressure in the 

 receiver. 



Interval between 

 the last and next 

 reading. 



Means of readings 

 after interval. 



Press 1 1 ro in the 

 receiver. 



Interval between 

 the last and next 

 reading. 



Means of readings 

 after interval. 



Pressure in the 

 receiver. 



Means of readings 

 after read-mis- 

 sion of air. 



I. 



A 

 A' 

 B 

 B' 



C 

 C 



52-40 



5 2< 47 

 52-56 

 52-60 

 51-82 

 5i'48 



50-56 

 5^56 

 50-79 

 5 I *55 

 5°'2i 

 50-14 



in. 

 3'07 



h m 

 3 15 



50- 64 



51- 02 



5o-45 

 50-92 

 50-63 



5°'57 



in. 

 3-16 



h m 

 18 37 



5 r 47 

 5 1 '79 

 5i-39 

 51-71 



5 r 32 

 5 r 32 



in. 

 3-5° 



h m 







in. 



53'44 

 53*°3 

 53-o8 



52*99 

 52-79 



52-33 



n. 



A 

 A' 

 B 



B' 

 C 



c 



53'63 

 53-34 

 53-17 

 53-24 

 52-94 

 52-5° 



51- 77 



52- 64 



51- 62 



52- 45 

 5 I- 42 

 5 I "3 2 



2*14 



3 4o 



53-45 

 53-85 

 53-26 

 53-74 

 53'33 

 53-28 



2'20 



20 15 



48- 97 



49- 45 

 49-09 

 49-45 

 49-21 

 49-27 



2-47 



.. 



I 





5o-55 

 50-07 

 50-83 

 50-3 1 

 5o*43 

 49-95 



in. 



A 

 A" 

 B 

 B' 

 C 

 C 



5o-94 

 50-93 

 5078 



5o-79 

 50-67 



50-25 



49'i5 

 49-96 

 49 -I 3 

 49-84 

 49-08 

 48-94 



1-63 



2 20 



5 I- 37 

 51-68 

 51-10 

 51-58 

 51*10 

 51-04 



I- 7 4 



20 5 



47-10 

 47-4o 



46- 97 



47- 32 

 46-93 

 46-96 



r 9 o 





■• 





48-74 



48-02 



4878 

 48-20 

 48-23 

 47-64 



IY. 



A 

 A' 

 B 

 B / 

 C 



c 



49'53 

 49-20 



48- 99 



49- 08 

 48-80 

 48-26 



47- 78 1-72 



48- 29 .. 



47- 42 | .. 



48- 11 .. 

 47-28) .. 

 47-03 j • • 



3 IO 



49- 92 



50- 23 



49- 71 



50- 15 

 49-65 

 49'59 



i-8o 



19 55 



5 J, 25 

 5^54 

 51-09 



5 I- 47 

 5°*93 

 5o-93 



2 - l6 









5272 

 52-10 

 52-86 

 52-23 

 52-25 

 51-61 



V. 



A 

 A' 

 B 

 B' 

 C 

 C 



55-o3 

 54-86 

 54-63 

 54-77 

 54-58 

 54-09 



52- 64.^ 



53- 69 



52- 68 



53- 55 

 52-72 

 52-61 



,1-16 



35 



52- 68 



53- 20 

 53-7o 

 53 >l6 

 52-90 

 52*82 



116 



18 15 



47'55 

 48-05 



47- 86 



48- 16 

 4773 

 47*93 



r 43 







.. 48-96 

 .. 48*56 

 •• 49'55 

 .. 48-84 

 .. 48-88 

 .. 48-48 



VI. 



A 

 A' 

 B 

 B' 

 C 

 C 



5o-34 

 50-16 

 50-04 

 50-12 

 49-87 

 49-40 



48- 24 



49- 20 



48- 37 



49- 10 

 48-19 

 48-11 



0-91 



25 



49'33 

 49-72 

 49-12 



49*45 

 49-06 

 48-89 



0-91 



20 



42*40 

 42-90 

 42-48 

 42-94 

 4260 

 42'59 



no 



24 50 



46- 88 



47- I3 



46- 70 



47- 06 

 46-65 

 46-48 



1-44 



48-52 



47- 8o 



48- 78 

 48-00 

 47-84 

 47'23 



