...level of that in which it was immersed, or above that at which it stood in a wider tube, with which is formed an inverted siphon, they were induced to conjecture...water that rises in the capillary branch of a siphon be conveyed, by an inclined tube, into the other branch, a continual circulation of the fluid will...

...Academy of Sciences at Petershurgh. When philosophers saw water rise in a capillary tube, above tlie level of that in which it was immersed, or above that...water that rises in the capillary branch of a siphon be conveyed, by an inclined tube, into the other branch, a continual circulatiob of the fluid will...

...formed an inverted siphon^ they were induced to conjecture the possibility of a perpetual mo, tion ; for if the water, said they, rises to the height of...sides into the vessel, the same quantity will again rjse, and so on in succession. Or, if the water that rises in the capillary branch of a siphon be conveyed,...

...possibility of a perpetual motion ; for if the water, said they, rises to the height of an inch above thjit' level, let us interrupt its ascent, by making the...Water that rises in the capillary branch of a siphon be couveyed, by an inclined tube, into the other branch, a continual circulation of iii fluid will...

...possibility of a perpetual motion : for if the water, said they, rises to the height of an inch ahove that level, let us interrupt its ascent, by making...succession. Or, if the water that rises in the capillary hranch of a siphon be conveyed, by an inclined tube, into the other hranch, a continuai circulation...