Lynde, Carleton John, b. 1872 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 87
than air. The carbon dioxide gassmothers the fire because it does not support combustion andbecause it displaces the air, which does. The siphon. — If we fill a curved tube, AEDB, Fig. 53, withwater, close the ends, invert the tube, place the ends in water andopen them, we find that the water runs… … FIG. 53.—Thesiphon. The atmosphere presses upon the surface of the water inboth vessels, A and B. The pressures are practically equal,but if anything a little greater at B than at A. In the shorttube the atmosphere holds up a column ofwater 10 ft. long; in the long tube a columnof water 15 ft.…
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