A text-book on chemistry. For the use of schools and colleges (1866)
Draper, Henry, 1837-1882 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 260
it ispressed in close contactwith the jar, and canonly be removed by the exertion of a veryconsiderable force. On the small plate a, Fig. 218, furnished0, vvith a stopcock, 5, terminating in a jet, c,a tall receiver is placed, and the appara-tus being screwed on the air-pump, is ex-hausted, and the… … )h. LECTURE XLIV. Atmospheric Air.—Pressure of the Air.—Exhaustionivithout an Air-pump,—Determination of the Weightof the Air.—Amount of Pressure.—Elasticity of theAir.—Air in the Pores of Bodies.—Aquatic Respi-ration.—Preservation of Meats and Fruits. The Magdeburg hemispheres, invented by Otto…
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