Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 647
The Pump, 84 GASES AND LIQUIDS. the genii which came out of the bottle and obliginglyretired into it again to please the fisherman. We haveseen that the pressure of the air is 14* lbs. per square inchat a temperature of 3 2°. It is not so easy to determine … The Lud.on. the pressure of air at various times as that of water. Wecan always tell the pressure of a column of water whenwe find the height of the column, as it is the weight of somany cubic inches of the liquid. But the pressure of theatmosphere per square inch at any point is equal to theweight…
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