 | 1874
...molecules." This law, taken in conneetion with that of Mariotte, " The volume of • confined mass of gas is inversely proportional to the pressure to which it is exposed;" and that of Charles, " The volume of > given mass of gas, under a constant pressure, varies... | |
 | Henry Enfield Roscoe - Science - 1866
...Boyle's or Mariotte's Law, from the names of the discoverers : it states that the volume occupied by any gas is inversely proportional to the pressure to 'which it is subjected. Thus, for instance, the volume I under pressure I becomes the volume 2 under the pressure £, the volume... | |
 | Thomas Ward (F.C.S.) - 1870
...combustion tible. Combus. nor Supporter of Com. DEFINITIONS. 2J / Boyle-s Law. The volume occupied by any gas is inversely proportional to the pressure to which it is subjected. Par. 12. Gases Expand at the rate of one volume in 273 for every additional degree of heat according... | |
![First lessons in inorganic chemistry. [With] Solutions of questions](http://bks4.books.google.co.uk/books?id=mYYDAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl "First lessons in inorganic chemistry. [With] Solutions of questions") | Thomas Ward (F.C.S.) - 1870
...a.smw/atmosphere. Hence, we have what is called Boyle's or Mariettas law that "The volume occupied by any gas is inversely proportional to the pressure to which it is subjected." That is, if the pressure is doubled, the gas will only occupy half the space, if trebled, only one-third... | |
 | Henry Augustus Rawes - 1872
...few of the laws about gases. There is first Boyle's or Marriotte's law; the volume occupied by any gas is inversely proportional to the pressure to which it is subjected. Next there is this law : The densities of all the elements known in the gaseous state are identical... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner, George Carey Foster - Science - 1874
...simple relation holds good within certain limits only, because Mariotte's law, that the volume of a gas is inversely proportional to the pressure to which it is subjected, upon which this relation is based, has been shown to be correct for all gases only within a certain... | |
 | Josiah Parsons Cooke - 1874 - 326 pages
...principle which I wished to enforce. The principle, in a few words, is this : The volume of a confined mass of gas is inversely proportional to the pressure to which it is exposed : the smaller the pressure the larger the volume, and the greater the pressure the less the... | |
 | Albert James Bernays - 1874
...altered, the volume of the air is altered too. In the language of science, the volume occupied by a gas is inversely proportional to the pressure to which it is subjected. If the pressure be -doubled, the volume of a gas is halved ; if the pressure be -halved, the volume... | |
 | Ulick Joseph Bourke - 1875 - 512 pages
...have a constant ratio to one another." And in gases, Boyle's law shows that the volume occupied by any gas is inversely proportional to the pressure to which it is subjected. And this law — the densities of all the elements known in the gaseous state are identical with their... | |
 | Robert Fowler - History - 1875
...exposition of the Modern Chemistry. Law of Boyle, or of Mariotte. Chem. The volume of a confined mass of gas is inversely proportional to the pressure to which it is exposed : the smaller the pressure the larger the volume, and the greater the pressure the less the... | |
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The volume of any gas is inversely proportional to the pressure to which it is subjected. 
