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The set consists of two plastic, 10cm-diameter hemispheres. Each half has a wooden handle firmly attached to it. One of the hemispheres has a raised edge to hold a rubber seal, while the other hemisphere has a stopcock for attaching to vacuum tubing. Join the hemispheres, hook them up to a vacuum pump, and evacuate the air inside the hemispheres. You will find it hard to pull them apart. Open the stopcock to let air in and the hemispheres will separate easily.

Gravesende’s ring mounted on tripod stand, ball with chain. Cold ball passes through the ring but does not pass when heated.

A 500 mm long metal rod is supported in a plated brass tube with three tubules for steam inlet, outlet and thermometer. The tube is mounted on a stand with an adjusting screw at one end and a micrometer screw reading to 0.01 mm on the other, with terminals for connecting a bell or galvanometer to indicate contact. With copper, brass and iron test rods but without thermometer.

A high quality apparatus to determine precisely co-efficient of expansion of various metals. An aluminium channel carries a 60 cm long metal rod enclosed in a heating jacket having three nipples for water intake, water outlet and thermometer insertion. Dial indicator is a precision instrument sensitive to 0.01 mm / division and is securely mounted. As the apparatus works with hot water, there is no danger from any steam escaping and causing burns on the skin. Complete with four expansion rods of steel, brass, copper and aluminium.

To show different liquids have different thermal expansions. Five graduated glass bulb tubes are supported in a galvanized iron water trough by a support frame. Bulbs are of approx. 35 mm diameter with stem of 400 mm length.