A Study of Liquids That Will Not Act on Copper, Nickle or Zinc, Boiling Between 20 Degrees Fahrenheit and 400 Degrees Fahrenheit

The subject of the boiling point of liquids and their action on metals opens a wide field in chemistry. Almost every chemist has made a study of the boiling point of liquids and some have devoted a large portion of their time to it. The boiling points, and some of the other peculiarities of liquids, are of interest in the construction of thermostats. The specifications for liquids that could be used in the thermostat manufactured by the Fulton Company are given by Mr. Fulton as follows:

List of all substances whose boiling points lie between 20° F and 400° F, and which possess qualities:

1st: Must not be subject to chemical change (i.e are stable) within a range of 50°F above the boiling point.

2nd: must not attack copper , zine or nickel within a range of 50 degrees F above the boiling point.

The sources of the information contained in this thesis were, a Dictionary of Chemistry and the allied branches of other sciences by Henry Watts, edition of 1868, and Bloxam's Chemistry, organic and inorganic, edition of 1888 by Charles Bloxam.