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The Locomotive (1867)

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 129

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tle table T, a simple calculationgave the difference in level of the two ends P\ P2, from which the correspondingdifference in level between the glass points in the bulbs below followed at once.The lengths of the tubes Gi G2 were so selected that when the bulb Bo wasat the highest point to which it… … Fig. 2. — Manometer No. 3. (For the lowest pressures.) measured with ease. When the pressure in Bo became greater than 5 milli-meters, however, the inclination of the little table T became inconvenientlylarge; hence for higher pressures the table was not allowed to rest directlyupon Po, but upon a…

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