The elements of natural philosophy : copiously illustrated by familiar experiments and containing descriptions of instruments, with directions for using : designed for the use of schools and academies (1856)
Sprague, A. W. (Alfred White), 1821-1891 · Boston : Phillips, Sampson & Company · leaf 101
as the measurer of the atmos-pheric weight. From these discoveries. Pneumatics as ascience may be said to date. The following experiments,properly performed, will give someideas of the weight of the air, andthe surprising force with which itpresses on bodies at the earths sur-face. Experiment. — To… … What is said of the knowledge of the ancients in regard to the mechanicaleffects of this property of air ? To what cause did they attribute the rise ofliquids in pumps, etc. ? Who first discovered the real cause of these phe-nomena ? Anecdote in respect to the engineers and Galileo ? Give the…
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