Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1861)
Appleton, firm, publishers, New York. (1852, D. Appleton & Co.) · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 17
pressure of the air in the receiver must be less than that of theatmosphere without. Wherefore, since the air in the receiver presses the mercury down the tube, andthe atmosphere pressing on the mercury in the basin forces it up the tube, with the greater force themercury will rise in the tube, and…
Mechanical engineering
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