The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia Volume 11 PDF Download

Excerpt from The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, Vol. 11 of 18 Nd'er the article evaporation, we explained the l' manner in which water is supposed to be elevated, and suspended in the atmosphere: we now propose to take a view of the various contrivances which have been em ployed for detecting the presence of aqueous vapour in that fluid, and ascertaining, not only the relative, but the abso lute quantity of moisture, which exists at different times in given portions of air. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.