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The Thermal Expansion of Mercury

Nature volume 122, page 925 (1928)Cite this article

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IN a recently published book on “Heat and Thermodynamics”, by Dr. J. K. Roberts, reference is made on pages 202 and 203 to my work on the thermal expension of mercury. Comparison is made in a table between my results obtained by the silica weight thermometer method and those published by Callendar and Moss which were obtained by the Callendar-Regnault absolute method. The author of the book referred to makes the following comment:

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HARLOW, F. The Thermal Expansion of Mercury. Nature 122, 925 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122925b0

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