Lynde, Carleton John, b. 1872 · New York : Macmillan · leaf 73
Fig. 40. — Illustrating Boyles law for pres-sure greater than one atmosphere. 58 PHYSICS OF THE HOUSEHOLD that the gas has been compressed in the small tube to one halfits first volume. If we make the pressure three atmospheres,the gas is compressed to one third its first volume, and so on.This… … Fig. 41. — Illustrating Boyles law for pressures less than one atmosphere. We can illustrate the law for decreasing pressures by means ofthe apparatus shown in Fig. 41. The large tube filled withmercury holds a smaller tube which is open at the lower end,and contains a small volume of gas. When the…
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