Bullivant, Cecil Henry · New York, Dodge publishing company · leaf 345
MORE EXPERIMENTS 337 If the flask is allowed to stand for a minute or two, the tempera- ture of the water will fall considerably below ioo° C. Next inform your friends that, … Well, directly the cold water Fig. 13. — A curious boiling experiment. comes in contact with the flask it causes the steam contained therein to condense, and, as no air can enter, thanks to the well-fitting cork, the pressure on the surface of the warm water is now con- siderably less than it was…
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