Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2014
The apparatus used in the following determinations is that of Victor Meyer, modified as described in a paper published in 1879, “On the Vapour Densities of Potassium and Sodium,”* by Professor Dewar and the author. In the experiments here described, the platinum vessel was further protected by a casing of iron, and the intervening space filled with magnesia, the iron casing being embedded in sand enclosed between two crucibles.
* Proc. Roy. Soc. Land., vol. xxxii., 1879.Google Scholar