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 274
TBE ELECTBIC 8PABK 259 Procedure: (a) Fill the closed tube with mercury, close the end with the fore-finger, then invert it carefully in the tumbler. The latter shouldalready contain the excess of mercury to insure prompt immersion ofthe open end. The mercury will flow out until the proper… … Fig. 223. (6) Support the inverted tube in a vertical position and connect theouter end of the platinum terminal at the top of the tube with onepole of the Toepler-Holtz machine by means of a flexible wire. Attacha wire to the other terminal of the machine and dip the free end intothe mercury…
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