Philosophical instructor, or, Webster's elements of natural philosophy : subdivided into principles and illustrations ; intended for academies, medical schools, and the popular class-room (1824)
Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842, Webster, John, fl. 1804-1824 · Albany : Printed by Websters and Skinners ... · leaf 100
d the ma-chine be filled with water, till itstands about three feet high in thetube c d ; the pressure will raise upthe weights to the extent of the leather that joins theupper and lower surfaces together. This extraordi-nary power may be greatly ini reased by a forcingpiston fixed in the tube. A… … 98 DENSITY AND SPECIFIC Liquids may be made to oscillate, on the principleof the pendulum. Illustration. The waves of the sea perform oscil-laiions, by the alternating ascent and descent of thatportion of water which is in the trough of the sea,with the next portion which ascends in the form of…
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