A text-book of physics, largely experimental. On the Harvard college "Descriptive list of elementary physical experiments." (1891)
Hall, Edwin Herbert, 1855-1938, Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917 · New York, H. Holt and Company · leaf 72
lamps, which must,for effective working, be almostcompletely emptied of air. Nowpumps with solid pistons, simi-lar in their general constructionand action to that shown inFig. 25, are used for getting outthe greater part of the air, twopumps being used in tandem, oneto take air directly from the… … Fio. 26. 50 PHYSICS. QUESTIONS. (1) A water-tank 10 ft. deep is to be emptied by means of a tubeused as a siphon. What is the least length the tube can have? (2) Do you understand the operation of the trap which allowswater to flow from a sink to a sewer, but does not allow gas to comefrom the…
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