The Boston school compendium of natural and experimental philosophy .. (1837)
Parker, Richard Green, 1798-1869 · Boston : Marsh, Capen & Lyon · leaf 98
gs to the electrical apparatus, and for this reason itis coated with strips of tin foil, like a Leyden jar. It is used with the pneumatic 14. What does fig. 77 represent? What is its design; What is said, with re-gard to condensed air, in the note ? What experiment is mentioned ? 15. Whatloes fig.… … PNEUMATICS. 87 20. Fill the straight receiver with water, cover it closely withpaper, and invert it—the paper will be held on by the upward pres-sure of the air, although it sustains the whole weight of the water.Fig. 80. 21. Fig. 80 represents the Magdeburgh cups <^-^T\ or hemispheres. They…
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