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Past exam of the medicine course of the University of Oxford / 1866 / First examination / Physics / 9 by

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Original question.

Describe any experiment which shews that when a liquid changes into a vapour heat disappears.

How is the latent heat of a vapour estimated ? How has it been proposed to employ the absorption of heat attending the change from the liquid to the gaseous state as a means of destroying sensation in any part of the body, on which an operation is to be performed ?

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