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 190
levers to an index which moves on a scale. The instrument isgraduated empirically by comparing its indications, under different pressures,with those of an ordinary mercury l^arometer. The aneroid has the advantage of being portable, and can be constructed 172 On Gases [188- of such delicacy as to… … Fig. 174 especially when it has been subjected to great sudden.variations of pressure ;and its indications must from time to time be controlled by comparison withthose of a standard barometer. 189. Laws of the mixture of gases.—If a communication is openedbetween two closed vessels containing…
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