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 115
rans-mitted according to the law ex-plained in Article 70. At thelevel of the sea, the height of thecolumn AB, is on an average notfar from 30 inches, or 2i feet. If we suppose the cross-sectionof the tube to be one square ineli,the atmospheric pressure upon thatsurface must be sufficient to… … Fig. 75. A pressure of 15 lbs. on each square inch, is often calledan atmosphere, and this becomes a unit for expressing thepressures of gases and vapors. Thus, when we say, in anygiven case, that the pressure of steam in a boiler is four Describe Toerioellis experiment. Hmc shown that the pressure…
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