Show why blued water freezes easily water which is hot of course cannot freeze until it has parted with its heat but water that has been boiled will other things being equal freeze sooner than water which has not been boiled A slight disturbance of water disposes it to freeze more rapidly and this is the cause which accelerates the freezing of boiled water the water that has been boiled has lost the air naturally contained in it which on exposure to the atmosphere it begins again to attract and absorb during this process of absorption a motion is necessarily produced among its particles slight certainly and imperceptible yet probably sufficient to accelerate its in water this disturbance does not exist indeed water when kept perfectly still can be reduced several ds grees below tho freezing point without its becoming ice Bro oldyn eagle |