 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1842 - 744 pages
...commenced by Fahrenheit at that place, fiat much greater degrees of cold exist at different parts of our globe in winter, and may be produced artificially,...is then said to be at so many degrees below zero. Water, as above mentioned, boils at 212 degrees, but this is only under the common pressure of the... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1842 - 938 pages
...globe in winter, and may be produced artiÉ rally, so that the fluid in the stem of the thermoтг-ter often descends below that point, and is then said to be at so many degrees below zero. Water, as above mentioned, boils at 212 degrees, but -'.-•? is only under the common pressure of... | |
 | William Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1857 - 824 pages
...place. But much greater degrees of cold exist at different parts of our globe in winter, and may also be produced artificially, so that the fluid in the...is then said to be at so many degrees below zero. Water, as before mentioned, boils at 21 2 degrees, but this is only under the common pressure of the... | |
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Fahrenheit at that place, fiat much greater degrees of cold exist at different parts of our globe in winter, and may be produced artificially, so that the fluid in the stem of the thermometer often descends below that point, and is then said to be at... 