-cessive drops of mercurywhich fall over from a. Ifthe mercury in A has fallendown through B into /, //,and F, the chamber ,4 is avacimm. When the exhaustion ofG has not been carriedvery far, the successivethreads of mercury falling ^&- 77- down II (and represented in the figure) succeed each… … 292 Hydrostatics and Elementary Hydrokinetics. space ; and when there is only a very small quantity of gasleft in G, the drops falling from a on the top of the mercurysurface, //, produce a sharp metallic sound, like that ofa water hammer. This sound is an indication of a highdegree of exhaustion.…
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