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 379
nst a lever ab^ movable at a^ and the pressure may be regulated b>means of a weight p movable on this lever. The lever is so weightedthat when the pressure in the interior is equal to six atmospheres, forexample, the valve rises and the vapour escapes. The destruction of theapparatus is thus… … Fig. 358 362 On Heat [374- above 100°, and the pressure of the vapour increased to several atmospheres,according to the weight on the lever. We have seen that water boils at much lower temperatures on highmountains (370) ; the temperature of water boiling in open vessels in suchlocalities is not…
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