Lynde, Carleton John, b. 1872 · New York : Macmillan · leaf 68
edto a height less than 33 feet. He decided to make a test withmercury, which is 13.6 times as heavy as water, and thereforewould be lifted only 1/13.6 times as high as water. Torricellis experiment, 1643. — Torricellis experiment isas follows (Fig. 36): A glass tube 4 ft. long, closed at one… … Fig. 36. — Torricellis ex-periment. mercury, the mercury in the tube sinks until the level insideis about 30 in. above that outside. Torricelli concluded from this experiment that it is thepressure of the atmosphere which supports the column of mer-cury 30 in. high, and since mercuryis 13.6 times…
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