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Literary
August 26, 1858
The Ouachita Herald
Camden, Ouachita County, Arkansas
What is this article about?
Describes the phenomenon of freezing water in a platinum capsule at white heat due to spheroidal state, and Professor Faraday's experiment freezing mercury in a glowing furnace using carbonic acid and ether.
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Ice In Red Hot Metal.—The most wonderful fact connected with ice making is the glorious experiment by which water was frozen in a capsule of platinum at a white heat. This wonderful achievement proceeds upon the theory that water will not touch a body of metal heated beyond a certain degree. A most important fact it is for all connected with steam producing, that it will assume in such a case a spheroidal shape, and that a clear space will be preserved between it and the glowing metal, owing, doubtless, to the repulsive effect of great heat in all cases whatever.
Professor Faraday has carried this marvel even a step further, and actually frozen a ball of mercury in the midst of a glowing furnace, by the judicious admixture of carbonic acid and ether, so as to give great vigor to the evaporating process.
Professor Faraday has carried this marvel even a step further, and actually frozen a ball of mercury in the midst of a glowing furnace, by the judicious admixture of carbonic acid and ether, so as to give great vigor to the evaporating process.
What sub-type of article is it?
Essay
What keywords are associated?
Ice Making
Spheroidal State
Faraday Experiment
Mercury Freezing
Thermal Repulsion
Literary Details
Title
Ice In Red Hot Metal.
Subject
Experiment Of Freezing Water And Mercury In Extreme Heat
Form / Style
Descriptive Prose On Scientific Phenomena
Key Lines
This Wonderful Achievement Proceeds Upon The Theory That Water Will Not Touch A Body Of Metal Heated Beyond A Certain Degree.
Professor Faraday Has Carried This Marvel Even A Step Further, And Actually Frozen A Ball Of Mercury In The Midst Of A Glowing Furnace, By The Judicious Admixture Of Carbonic Acid And Ether, So As To Give Great Vigor To The Evaporating Process.