 | Richard Helsham - 1767 - 458 Seiten
...confequently, it muft rife in the tube, and continue fo to do, until the weight of the elevated mercury prefles as forcibly on that portion which lies beneath the...to proceed to a fecond experiment of the fame kind. f\- 6. Let two glafs tubes as A and B, each above 30 ftp H- inches long, of which A is open at one... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1807 - 212 Seiten
...rise in the tube, until the weight of the elevated quicksilver presses as forcibly on that part of it which lies beneath the tube, as the weight of the...does on every other equal portion without the tube. 2. Take a syringe or common water squirt, and having pushed the piston to the farthest end, immerse... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 684 Seiten
...it must rise in the tube, and continue so to >io, until the weight of the elevated quicksilver press as forcibly on that portion which lies beneath the...does on every other equal portion without the tube. Take a common syringe of any kind, and having pushed the piston to the furthest end, immerse it into... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 Seiten
...weight of the elevated quicksilver press as forcibly on that portion which lies beneath the tube, an the weight of the air does on every other equal portion without the tube. Take a common syringe of any kind, and having pushed the piston to the furthest end, immerse it into... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1811 - 196 Seiten
...rise in the tube, until the weight of the elevated quicksilver presses as forcibly on that part of it which lies beneath the tube, as the weight of the...does on every other equal portion without the tube. 2. Take a syringe or common water squirt, and having pushed the piston to the farthest end, immerse... | |
 | James Smith - 1815 - 942 Seiten
...tube, consequently it must continue to rise in tbe tube until the weight of the elevated mercury press as forcibly on that portion which lies beneath the...does on every other equal portion without the tube. The rising of water in a common syringe, when the piston is <hau « up, is owing to the same cause... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 376 Seiten
...it must rise in the tube, and continue so to do, until the weight of the elevated quicksilver press as forcibly on that portion which lies beneath the...does on every other equal portion without the tube. • Take a common syringe of any kind, and having pushed the piston to the furthest end, immerse it... | |
 | Alexander Jamleson - 1821 - 456 Seiten
...must rise in the tube, and continue so to do, until the weight of the elevated quicksilver presses as forcibly on that portion which lies beneath the tube, as the weight of the air does OB every oiher equal portion without the tube. Take a common syringe of any kind, and having pushed... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1826 - 254 Seiten
...rise in the tube, until the weight of the elevated quicksilver presses as forcibly on that part of it which lies beneath the tube, as the weight of the...does on every other equal portion without the tube. 7 . A common experiment among boys is on the same principle. Take a piece of thick spongy soal leather,... | |
 | 1838 - 348 Seiten
...therefore rise in the tube, until the weight of elevated quicksilver presses as forcibly on that part of it which lies beneath the tube, as the weight of the...does on every other equal portion without the tube. Obs. 1. Hence the pressure of the atmosphere on or near the surface of the earth is known; the weight... | |
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... all the surface of the quicksilver is pressed upon by the air, except that portion which lies above the orifice of the tube : consequently, it must rise in the tube, and... 