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A VERY convenient lecture experiment to show that the boiling-point of liquids is lowered by diminishing the pressure of the surrounding medium, may be made with one of Ducretet's carbon-dioxide tubes. The lower part of the tube contains the CO2 in the liquid condition, while the upper part is, of course, filled with the same body in the gaseous state. By subjecting this upper half of the tube to a jet of ether spray, the pressure of the inclosed gas will gradually diminish, and after a few seconds the liquid below will enter into brisk ebullition.
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O'REILLY, M. The Boiling-Point and Pressure. Nature 36, 4 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/036004d0
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