A course of experiments in physical measurement (1897)
Whiting, Harold, d. 1895 · Boston, D.C. Heath and Co. · leaf 74
er-fere with its free vibration; and on the middle ofthe, arch is set a beaker. Theglass ball weighed in the last ex-periment is now bound in a net-work of fine wire and suspendedby a single strand from the hookof the balance, so as to clear thebottom of the beaker. The latter,being moved if… … Fig. 18. 1 A small loop of wire, projecting above tlie surface,, may com-pletely ruin a determination. 44 THE HYDROSTATIC BALANCE. [Exp. 9. clinging to the ball, or wire, must now be removedwith a camels-hair brush. The suspending wire,being likely to attract grease or other foreign matterwhich…
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