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 163
always be lower than the axis of suspension, is below the point of inter-section, and the barometer is thus perfectly vertical. 167. Cay.Iiussacs syphon barometer.—-The syphon barometer is abent glass tube, one of the branches of which is much longer than the other.The longer branch, which is… … 146 On Gases. [167- Fig. 145 represents the syphon barometer as modified by Gay-Lussac.In order to render it more available for travelling, by preventing the entranceof air, he joined the two branches by a capillary tube (fig. 146); when theinstrument is inverted (fig. 147) the tube always remains…
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