Introductory course of natural philosophy for the use of schools and academies. Ed. from Ganot's popular physics. By William G. Peck (1869)
Ganot, Adolphe, 1804-1887, Peck, William Guy, 1820-1892 · New York A.S. Barnes · leaf 112
c Pressure ? THE ATMOSPIIEIJE. 109 fhis pressure decreases as we ascend into the atmos-phere. If we suppose the atmosphere to be divided into layers parallel tothe surface of the earth, it is evident that each layer is pressed downby the weight of all above it. Hence, the higher layers are… … Fig. 72. Bursting a Membrane. 105. A glass cylinder, open at both ends, has its upper endcovered by a stretched membrane, such as is used by gold-beaters, How does it vary as we ascend? How shown that the air becomes rarer inascending t ( 105.) Explain the experiment of bursting a membrane. 110…
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