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 168
cury in the trough. There is no contrarypressure on the mercury in the tube,because it is closed ; but, if the end ofthe tube is opened, the atmosphere willpress equally inside and outside the tube,and tlie mercury will sink to the level ofthat in the trough. It has been shownin Hydrostatics (106)… … 165] Amount of the Atmospheric Pressure 151 mercury the height of which is 30 inches. If the pressure of the atmo-sphere diminishes, the height of the column which it ran sustain must alsodiminish. 164. Pascals experiments.—Pascal, who wished to ascertain whetherthe force which sustained the…
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