Cooke, Josiah Parsons, 1827-1894 · Boston, Little, Brown and Company · leaf 360
some Florentine engineers to raise water in the suction-tubeof a pump above this height, which led to the discovery of thepressure of the atmosphere. On account of the imperfections ofthe valves and piston, a pump will seldom work in practice higherthan eight metres. The height of the tube C, in… … Fig. 307. 336 CHEMICAL PHYSICS. a pump, and keeping it in order, increases very rapidly with theheight of the column of water which is lifted. PROBLEMS. Unless otherwise stated, the temperature in all the following problems is to be taken as 0° C.,and the height of the barometer at 76 c. m. Weight…
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