Elementary treatise on physics experimental and applied for the use of colleges and schools (1890)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, E. (Edmund) · New York : W. Wood · leaf 159
of which is 30 inches. If, however, the weight of the atmospherediminishes, the height of the column which it can sustain must also diminish.162. Pascals experiments.—Pascal, who wished to ascertain whetherthe force which sustained the mercury in the tube was really the pressure ofthe atmosphere,… … 142 On Gases. [162- Torricellis experiment on the summit of Puy de Dome in Auvergne.This was done, and it was found that the mercurial cokimn was about 3inches lower, thus proving that it is really the weight of the atmospherewhich supports the mercury, since, when this weight diminishes, the…
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