Elements of mechanics: treated by means of the differential and integral calculus (1887)
Peck, William G[uy], 1820-1892. [from old catalog] · New York, Chicago, A. S. Barnes & company · leaf 296
he open manometer consists, essentially, of anopen glass tube AJB, terminating below, nearly at the bottom of a cistern EF.The cistern is of wrought iron, steamtight, and filled with mercury, Its dimen-sions are such, that the upper surface ofthe mercury wall not be materially lowered,when a… … 292 MECHANICS. water, through which the pressure of the steam is transmitted to the mercury. To graduate the instrument. All communication withthe boiler is cut off, by closing the stop-cock JEJ, and commu-nication with the external air is made by opening the stop-cock D, The point of the tube AjB,…
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