Elementary treatise on physics, experimental and applied : for the use of colleges and schools (1906)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, Edmund, 1831-1901, Reinold, A. W. (Arnold William), 1843-1921 · New York : Wood · leaf 108
a capillary tube, which dips under mercury, O. This tube has been previously divided into parts of equal capacity, and it has been determined how many of these parts the vessel A contains. The latter is ascertained by finding the weight, P, of the mercury which the reservoir A contains, and the… … whole reservoir, we have Fig. 73 the value of N is obtained.tnatwDieier. This is a glass tube, B, contain-ing air, closed at one end, the other end ofwhich dips under mercury. When there is nopressure on the water in the cylinder, the tubeB is completely full of air ; but when the waterwithin the…
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