Elements of Natural Philosophy: For the Use of Schools and AcademiesPotter, Ainsworth, 1881 - 313 pages |
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Page 58 - The loss of weight of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid, or a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it.
Page 82 - ... the pressure of the air on the surface of the water in the basin will force it up into the tumbler and nearly fill it (tig.
Page 86 - CM to take its place by the pressure of the atmosphere on the surface of the water in the vessel.
Page 132 - Since the specific heat of water is taken as the standard and is one, it may be said that the specific heat of a substance is the amount of heat required to raise or lower the temperature of one pound of the substance one degree Fahrenheit.
Page 157 - Why the image is seen as far behind the mirror as the object is in front of it.— Let AB be an arrow held Fig.
Page 13 - Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force and takes place in the direction of the straight line in which the force acts.
Page 112 - ... between it and the brain by a bony partition, in which there are two orifices, the one round and the other oval. These orifices are also closed by fine membranes. Across the cavity of the drum stretches a series of four little bones : the first, called the hammer, is attached to the tympanic membrane ; the second, called the anvil, is connected by a joint with the hammer ; a third little round bone connects the anvil with the stirrup bone., which has its oval base planted against the membrane...
Page 81 - The mercury is sustained in the tube by the pressure of the atmosphere on the surface of the fluid in the cup.
Page 72 - ... is equal to the weight of a column of water whose base is the...
Page 86 - If water is poured into the cup, it will rise both inside and outside the siphon until it has reached the top of the tube, when it will begin to flow out. If the water runs into the cup less rapidly Fig.