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 89
ferent densities,as mercury, water, and oil. If the vialbe shaken, the liquids appear to mix,but. if allowed to stand, they arrangethemselves in horizontal layers, thedensest liquid at the bottom. The vial in the figure is representedas containing four liquids. It wasformerly called the vial of… … Fig. &3. III.—APPLICATIONS OF THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUILIBP.1UM. The Water Level. 82. A Water Level is an instrument employed fordetermining the difference of level between two points. Itconsists of a horizontal tube of tin, 21 or 3 feet in length,into the extremities of which two glass tubes are…
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