A text-book on chemistry. For the use of schools and colleges (1866)
Draper, Henry, 1837-1882 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 262
s at e, in some water,and the finger removed, a fountain in vacuo is formed.The pressure of the air depends on the fact that it isa heavy body, as may be provedby weighing it directly. Leta light glass flask, a, Fig. 222,fitted with a stopcock, be coun-terpoised in a balance, then letthe air be…
Chemistry · Physics
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