A system of natural philosophy, designed for the use of schools and academies (1845)
Moffat, J[ohn] M. [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, E. C. Biddle · leaf 216
siphon be used without previously filling it with How may we apply the pressure of air to the purpose of raising smallquantities of liquor from a cask ? To what length might a tube for this purpose be extended ? What is the construction and use of the siphon ? What principle besides that of… … the liquid to be decanted, though the liquid will rise in the shorterleg, it will not ascend beyond its own level, so as to pass overthe bend of the tube, and escape, unless the air be drawn out ofthe longer leg. Hence the utility of that kind of siphon repre-sented in the margin, the peculiarity…
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