The outlines of physics: an elementary text-book (1897)
Nichols, E. L. (Edward Leamington), 1854-1937 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd. · leaf 142
two long straight tubes of glass,terminating beneath the surface of twobeakers, which contain the liquids to becompared. The upper ends of the tubes are con-nected together and to the air pump by-means of the T tube (f) and connect-ing tubes of soft rubber. (2) Some water, alcohol, solution… … Fig. 103. 128 THE OUTLINES OF PHYSICS I, (6) The pressure within the tubes is reduced (necessarily by likeamount) by the action of the air pump, whereuponthe atmospheric pressure upon the surface of theliquids within the beakers is no longer balanced bythe pressure within the tubes, and drives the…
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