Greenhill, G. (George), Sir, 1847-1927 · London and New York, Macmillan and Co. · leaf 455
will be another paraboloid. 444 LIQUIDS ROTATING BODILY If the vessel is filled with liquids of different densities,for instance, air, oil, water, and mercury, then, as in astate of rest, the liquids will distribute themselves instrata of densities increasing as they go down ; but thesurfaces of… … T 1 * X G M Q yC 1* 1 ■p C p; k <^ /./ c y N^Sw ip, B - - x^ r^-^^- £ Fig. 98. Fig. 99. Plaster of Paris on the top of mercury can thus bemade to assume the form of a paraboloid; in this wayMendeleef proposes to form the speculum of a telescope. 346. If the free surface AP is in contact with…
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