Reynolds, Osborne, 1842-1912, Brightmore, Arthur William, 1864-, Moorby, William Henry, 1872- · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 256
ow the air to passout, the mercury would be suspended as the tube was slowly re-erected, until 31] ON THE INTERNAL COHESION OF LIQUIDS. 239 it had attained an elevation of 40, 50, or sometimes the full height of60 inches (as shown in fig. 3), but only for a few seconds. When the mercuryfell, if the… … 30 in I Fig. 3. Fig. 4. appearance of the upper portion falling was very singular : the upper portionof the column remained intact; and a stream of mercury fell from its undersurface, as shown in fig. 4, breaking up into globules as it came into contactwith the lower portion, with a loud rattling…
