Bartlett, W. H. C. (William Holms Chambers), 1804-1893 · New York : Barnes · leaf 19
an run into the vessel only as the airmakes its escape. The following experiment will illus-trate this fact: In one mouth of a two-necked bottle insert a funnela, and in the other a siphon b,the longer leg of which is im-mersed in a glass of water. Experiment. Now let water be poured intothe funnel… … SECONDARY PROPERTIES. Secondaryproperties. The secondary properties of bodies are compressibilexpansibility, porosity, divisibility, and elasticity. Compressibility,expansibility. § 3.—Compressibility is that property of bodies byvirtue of which they may be made to occupy a smallerspace; and…
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