Allen, Charles Ricketson, 1862- [from old catalog] · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 81
arking cubic centi-meters, as c c; and betweenthese, in turn, still shorterones, marking half cu. cm.Such a scale is said to readto 0.5 c.c. There are usu-ally two scales, one having! J the 0 at the top and the fig. 45. other at the bottom, the former used in measuring thevolumes of liquids poured… … usually curving down in the centre, as in Fig. 46. Thiscurve is called the meniscus, and the line correspond-ing to the lowest point of the meniscus is taken as thelevel of the liquid. The cylinder must be placed on afirm horizontal surface, and the eye brought to the levelof the meniscus and…
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