A natural philosophy : embracing the most recent discoveries in the various branches of physics, and exhibiting the application of scientific principles in everyday life .. (1899)
Quackenbos, G. P. (George Payn), 1826-1881 · New York, Cincinnati [etc.], American book company · leaf 174
ke a small tube, close one end with thefinger, fill it with water, and carefully invert it, asshown in Fig. 178. The water is kept in the tube byatmospheric pressure. Remove the finger, and thedownward pressure of the atmosphere, which was be-fore cut off, will counterbalance the upward… … What is the weight of the whole atmosphere? 402. What prevents the atmospherefrom spreading out into space ? 403. What is Atmospheric Pressure ? What causesatmospheric pressure ? To what is the atmospheric pressure on any given bodyequal ? 404 Describe the experiment with the syringe that proves…
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