Tyndall, John, 1820-1893 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 196
emperature ; and regularly, every five minutes afterwards,the liquid is ejected into the atmosphere. There is another famous spring in Iceland called theStrokkur, which is usually forced to explode by stoppingits mouth with clods. We can imitate the action of thisspring by stopping the mouth of our… … 172 HEAT A MODE OF MOTION. LECT. TI. gresses. The steam finally attains sufficient tension toeject the cork, and the water, suddenly relieved from thepressure, hursts forth into the atmosphere. The ceilingof this room is nearly thirty feet from the floor, but theFig. 65. eruption has reached the…
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