 | Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - 1798 - 772 էջ
...exclude all air : the barometer by standing some time exhibits a portion of water, &c. of i or 1*8 of an inch upon the top of the mercurial column ;...which may now be inclined and the mercury will rise to tbe top manifesting a perfect vacuum from air. I next take a cylindrical glass tube open at both ends,... | |
 | Repertory of arts, manufactures and agriculture - 1802 - 556 էջ
...exclude all air : the barometer bv standing some time exhibits a portion of water &c. of ^ 6r T J 5 of an inch upon the top of the mercurial column ; because being Kghtef it' ascends by the aide of the tube ; which may now be in'dined, and the mercury will rise to... | |
 | John Redman Coxe, Thomas Cooper - 1813 - 532 էջ
...tube, exdude all air : the barometer by standing some time exhibits a portion of water, &c. of 7 or -^ of an inch upon the top of the mercurial column ;...to the top manifesting a perfect vacuum from air. I next take a cylindrical glass tube open at both ends, of 2 inches diameter and 14 inches in length... | |
 | John Scott Russell - 1841 - 436 էջ
...the barometer, by standing some time, exhibits a portion of water of ^ or -^Q^fi of an inch, W, on the top of the mercurial column ; because, being lighter,...to the top, manifesting a perfect vacuum from air. I next take a cylindrical glass tube CD, open at both ends, of two inches diameter and fourteen inches... | |
 | William Somerville Orr - 1855 - 546 էջ
...barometer, by standing some time, will exhibit a portion of the liquid employed, of oneeighth or one-tenth of an inch, upon the top of the mercurial column,...to the top, manifesting a perfect vacuum from air. When the ordinary barometer is at the mean height (29-8), and the thermometer at 50°, the force of... | |
 | William Somerville Orr - 1855 - 556 էջ
...barometer, by standing some time, will exhibit a portion of the liquid employed, of oneeighth or one-tenth of an inch, upon the top of the mercurial column,...ascends by the side of the tube, which may now be inelined, and the mercury will rise to the top, manifesting a perfect vacuum from air. When the ordinary... | |
 | Henry Enfield Roscoe - 1895 - 242 էջ
...tube, exclude all air. The barometer by standing some time exhibits a portion of water, etc., of A or ^ of an inch upon the top of the mercurial column; because...to the top, manifesting a perfect vacuum from air. I next take a cylindrical glass-tube open at both ends, and of 2 inches diameter and 14 inches in length,... | |
 | Henry Enfield Roscoe - 1895 - 234 էջ
...exclude all air. The barometer by standing some time exhibits a portion of water, etc., of £ or TJT of an inch upon the top of the mercurial column ;...to the top, manifesting a perfect vacuum from air. I next take a cylindrical glass-tube open at both ends, and of 2 inches diameter and 14 inches in length,... | |
 | John Price Millington - 1906 - 252 էջ
...tube, exclude all air. The barometer by standing some time exhibits a portion of water, etc., of J or ^ of an inch upon the top of the mercurial column ;...to the top, manifesting a perfect vacuum from air. I next take a cylindrical glass-tube open at both ends, and of 2 inches diameter and 14 inches in length,... | |
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... of an inch upon the top of the mercurial column ; because being lighter it ascends by the side of the tube ; which may now be inclined and the mercury will rise to the top manifesting a perfect vacuum from air. I next take a cylindrical glass... 