Cooke, Josiah Parsons, 1827-1894 · Boston, Little, Brown and Company · leaf 598
ercury in the shorter branch, andheated in an oil-bath. The tension of thevapor is evidently equal, at each moment, tothe pressure of the atmosphere increased bythe weight of the column C D. On account of the dif&culty of preserving aconstant and uniform temperature throughoutthe whole height… … Fig. 406.
Matter · Heat
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