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Excerpt from Calorimetric Resistance Thermometers and the Transition Temperature of Sodium Sulphate
The form of resistance thermometer most generally used consists of a coil of platinum Wire wound on an open frame of mica, con nected to heavy platinum leads and surrounded by a tube of glass or porcelain from to cm in diameter. When intended for use With a potentiometer, four leads are used - two current leads and two potential leads. If for use With a Wheatstone bridge, the coil is connected to one pair of leads, and another similar pair in the form of a simple loop is placed beside them and connected in the adjacent arm of the bridge to compensate for varying depth of immersion. 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.