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 350
cold, produced by evaporation, isshown by the following celebrated experiment first performed byLeslie. * With an air-pump, designed for nice experiments, this with ether shouldnever be performed, since the vapor of the ether acts on the yalves, andseriously injures them. Explain Fig. 265. Give the… … just above this, upon a wire-stand, place a shallow metalliccup filled with pure water. Cover all witha glass receiver well fitted to the pump-plate, as seen in the figure. Exhaust,and produce a vacuum in the receiver;vapor will now escape rapidly from the sur-face of the water, and be absorbed by…
Physics
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
