The expansion by heat in different lorms of matter, is exceedingly various. By being heated from 32 to 212 , 1000 cubic inches of iron become 1004 1000 " water " 1045 1000 " air " 1366 Gases are ...

Cordierite, the material behind heat-resistant pizza stones, has been shown to resist changes in size despite significant temperature fluctuations. The reasons for this have been largely unexplained ...