A course of six lectures on the chemical history of a candle [electronic resource]: to which is added, a lecture on platinum (1865)
Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867, Crookes, William, 1832-1919 · London : Charles Griffin and Company · leaf 134
f harm. Having given you that little illustration withrespect to the weight of the air, let me showyou certain consequences of it. You have aright to them, because you would not under-stand so much without it. Do you rememberthis kind of experiment: have you ever seen it %Suppose I take a pump… … Fig. 27.so easily that it seems to feel nothing, and I canhardly get velocity enough by any motion of WEIGHT OP THE ATMOSPHEEE. 123 ray own in the atmosphere to make sure thatthere is much resistance to it. But, when I putmy hand here [on the air-pump receiver, whichwas afterwards exhausted] you…
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