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 50by William Allen Miller - 1860Full view - About this book
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| William Allen Miller - 1855 - 458 pages
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...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... | |
| 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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