The elements of applied mathematics including kinetics, statics, and hydrostatics (1894)
Jessop, C. M. (Charles Minshall), 1861-1939 · London, New York, G. Bell and Sons; [etc.] · leaf 328
th a valve opening up-wards. At the bottom of the barrel is a pipe of small sectionwhich terminates in a plate upon which is placed a largeglass jar A called the receiver, the junction of the receiverand the plate being air-tight. MACHINES DEPENDING UPON FLUID PRESSURE. 309 A short glass tube C,… … Fig. 28. within it will, however, fall only when the exhaustion hasproceeded to a considerable extent, i.e. when the pressureis less than that due to about 4 inches of mercury. Suppose the piston at the bottom of the barrel, the airin the receiver being at atmospheric pressure, on raisingit, the…
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