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The Conditions Necessary for the Existence of Matter in the Liquid State—Existence of Ice at High Temperatures

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NUMEROUS experiments which I have made during the last few weeks on the boiling points of substances under low pressures, the details of which will shortly be published, have led to the following conclusions in reference to the conditions necessary for the existence of any substance in the liquid state. These are two in number, viz.:—

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CARNELLEY, T. The Conditions Necessary for the Existence of Matter in the Liquid State—Existence of Ice at High Temperatures. Nature 22, 434–435 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/022434c0

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