Merchant, F. W. (Francis Walter), 1855-1937, Fessenden, Cortez, b. 1852 · Toronto : Copp, Clark · leaf 122
point. For example, the gas (air) constituting the atmosphere,which surrounds the earth, on account of its weightpresses down on the surface of the earth and uponeverything on it, just as the water of the ocean pressesdown on the ocean bed and upon bodies resting on it. 2. Gases, on account of… … 114 PHYSICAL SCIENCE. This pressure is sometimes known as the tension orelastic force of the gas. 3. A gas, like a liquid, exerts upon any body im-mersed in it a buoyant force which is equal to theweight of the gas displaced by the body. 5- Measure of the Rate of Pressure of the…
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