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 449
pposite the contraction a horizontal tube,CD, also of small bore, enters. Uponopening the faucet, the stream of waterflows through the vertical tube. If thepressure be considerable, this is brokenin falling, and upon passing the openingof the horizontal tube, it entraps airwhich it carries down… … Fig. 402. APPENDIX 435 It is possible to make an aspirator out of metal or even glass aftera few trials, which will work fairly well. The precise relation betweenthe parts is, however, an essential matter, and it is better to buy theinstrument, which may be had at a low price from any dealer…
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