On an Accurate Method of Determining the Densities of Solids
- 1 September 1895
- journal article
- Published by Mineralogical Society in Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society
- Vol. 11 (50) , 64-68
- https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.1895.011.50.03
Abstract
In the course of some researches on the relation between the chemical constitution and the crystalline form of substances, I found it necessary to attempt an accurate determination of the densities of crystals.Messrs. Playfair and Joule, in 1843, in the course of similar researches, determined the specific gravities of numerous salts by the use of an instrument which showed the actual volume of the solid investigated. This method was found to be subject to many errors, and they abandoned it for one which is the prototype of that ordinarily used in accurate work at present.Keywords
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