Gage, Alfred P. (Alfred Payson), 1836-1903 · Boston, London, Ginn · leaf 189
e is in the liquid. The siphon J may be filled with a liquid that,is not safe or pleasant to handle, by placing the end j in the liquid,stopping the end k, and sucking the air out at the end I till thelower end is filled with the liquid. 172 MOLAR DYNAMICS. Gases heavier than air may be siphoned… … Fia. 143. The siphon cannot elevate liquids, it can merely transferliquids to places of lower level. It is apparent that thepressure of the air drives the liquid through the siphon, andthat a siphon vrould be inoperative in a vacuum. Obviouslythe hight of the bend to vs^hich different liquids can…
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