Apparatus to measure fluid expansion Size:S: 30 x 25cm View of the northern approach

View of the northern approach to London Bridge showing the site of the new King William Street

Thomas Carlyle

Samuel Horsley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767

View of New River Head

Apparatus to measure fluid expansion Size:S: 30 x 25cm View of the northern approachLaboratory equipment intended to measure the expansion of fluids when heated. The apparatus consists of a retort resting upon a stand above a heat source, with a bulb thermometer to its right as viewed. A tube leads from the retort into a liquid filled bell jar with a body of gas (water or alcohol vapour) accumulating at the top. Plate 1 from the paper 'Essai experimental et analytique sur les lois de la dilatabilite des fluides elastiques et sur