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" And why did the water rush into it?" Tom hesitated. "Was it not, think you, owing to the pressure of the atmosphere upon the surface of the water? When you raised the piston, the air above it was also. raised, and ultimately driven out by the force of... "
Chemical physics - Page 50
by William Allen Miller - 1860
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Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest: Being an Attempt to Illustrate ...

John Ayrton Paris - 1827 - 918 pages
...water rushed into it." " And why did the water rush into it?" Tom hesitated. " Was it not, think you, owing to the pressure of the atmosphere upon the surface of the water ? When you raised the piston, the air above it was also raised, and ultimately driven out by...
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The Patent journal, and inventors' magazine, ed. by C. Barlow and ..., Volume 3

Charles Barlow - 1772 - 642 pages
...rises in the stoppered leg of the tube until the difference of level is about 30 inches : this must be owing to the pressure of the atmosphere upon the surface of the mercury in the open leg only ; and, it having been shown that a pressure equal to 15 pounds on the...
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London Journal of Arts, Sciences and Manufacturers, and Repertory ..., Volume 32

William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington - 1848 - 536 pages
...vessel i, containing the preserving or coloring liquid. Now if a vacuum be produced in the cylinder A, the pressure of the atmosphere upon the surface of the liquid in the vessel i, will force it through the log. The vacuum may be obtained by any convenient method ; but...
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Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature, and Art, Volume 1

Johann Georg Heck - 1851 - 712 pages
...at r, while the lower, which has a small notch in it, stands in a vessel, p. When the notch is free, the pressure of the atmosphere upon the surface of the liquid in r, causes this to flow out through the tubes j,j, into the vessel p. As soon as the lower end of the...
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Young Scientist: A Practical Journal for Amateurs, Volume 1

1851 - 716 pages
...at r, while the lower, which has a small notch in it, stands in a vessel, p. When the notch is free, the pressure of the atmosphere upon the surface of the liquid in r, causes this to flow out through the tubes,;', j, into the vessel p. As soon as the lower end of...
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The Rudiments of Civil Engineering: For the Use of ..., Volume 3, Parts 1-2

Henry Law, George Rowdon Burnell - 1852 - 358 pages
...direction. Consequently, if one side be longer than the other the liquid will flo\v through it, and the pressure of the atmosphere upon the surface of the liquid in the vase will Iceep the tube full until the level of the fluid in the vase descends to that of the opening...
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Elements of chemistry pt. 1 1855, Part 1

William Allen Miller - 1855 - 458 pages
...convenience of transferring the gas. Now suppose the gas holder to be full of atmospheric air and to be wanted for use ; the pipe c at the bottom is closed,...by the gas which rises and accumulates in the upper parts, whilst the water runs off into a vessel placed below. The progress of the experiment may be...
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Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest: Being an Attempt to Implant in ...

John Ayrton Paris - 1857 - 622 pages
...water rushed into it." " And why did the water rush into it ?" Tom hesitated. " Was it not, think you, owing to the pressure of the atmosphere upon the surface of the water ? When you raised the piston, the air above it was also raised, and ultimately driven out by...
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Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature & Art, Volume 1

Johann Georg Heck - 1860 - 332 pages
...at r, while the lower, which has a small notch in it, stands in a vessel, p. When the notch is free, the pressure of the atmosphere upon the surface of the liquid in r, causes this to flow out through the tubes j, j, into the vessel p. As soon as the lower end of the...
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Science in Sport Made Philosophy in Earnest ; Being an Attempt to Illustrate ...

Robert Routledge - 1877 - 364 pages
...water rushed into it." "And why did the water rush into it?" Tom hesitated. "Was it not, think you, owing to the pressure of the atmosphere upon the surface of the water? When you raised the piston, the air above it was also. raised, and ultimately driven out by...
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