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" I substituted for the brass tube, was cracked, and an iron disc, tightly screwed into the bottom of it to close it, was blown in. I have since used a portion of a thicker gun-barrel, and have had the end welded in. But I feel sure that an impulsive pressure... "
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh - Page 496
by Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1902
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Proceedings, Volume 11

Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1882 - 958 pages
...pressure of ten or twelve tons weight would seriously damage even this. These remarks seem to be of some interest on several grounds, for they not only explain...air. [It is easy to see that, ceteris paribus, the effects of this impulsive pressure will be greater in a large apparatus than in a small one.] 4. On...
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Volume 11

1882 - 940 pages
...pressure of ten or twelve tons weight would seriously damage even this. These remarks seem to be of some interest on several grounds, for they not only explain...in the open air. [It is easy to see that, ceteris paribut, the effects of this impulsive pressure will be greater in a large apparatus than in a small...
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Nature, Volume 25

Sir Norman Lockyer - 1882 - 670 pages
...pressure of ten or twelve tons weight would seriously damage even this. These remarks seem to be of some interest on several grounds, for they not only explain...dynamite and other explosives when fired in the open air. To show how possible is a serious mistake in the measurement of pressure, I append a comparison of...
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Nature, Volume 25

Sir Norman Lockyer - 1882 - 850 pages
...tons weight would seriously damage even this. These remarks seem to he of some interest on several copper cases of those of the Challenger thermometers...dynamite and other explosives when fired in the open air. To show how possible is a serious mistake in the measurement of pressure, I append a comparison of...
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Nature, Volume 25

Sir Norman Lockyer - 1882 - 646 pages
...open copper cases of those of the Challenger thermometers which gave way at ihe bottom of the sea, tut they also give a hint explanatory of the very remarkable...dynamite and other explosives when fired in the open air. To show how possible is a serious mistake in the measurement of pressure, 1 append a comparison of...
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Nature, Volume 25

Sir Norman Lockyer - 1882 - 780 pages
...open copper cases of those of the Challenger thermometers which gave way at the bottom of the sea, Lut they also give a hint explanatory of the very remarkable...dynamite and other explosives when fired in the open air. To show how possible is a serious mistake in the measurement of pressure, I append a comparison of...
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Scientific Papers, Volume 1

Peter Guthrie Tait - 1898 - 548 pages
...pressure of ten or twelve tons weight would seriously damage even this. These remarks seem to be of some interest on several grounds, for they not only explain...air. [It is easy to see that, ceteris paribus, the effects of this impulsive pressure will be greater in a large apparatus than in a small one.] APPENDIX...
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Scientific Papers, Volume 1

Peter Guthrie Tait - 1898 - 550 pages
...pressure of ten or twelve tons weight would seriously damage even this. These remarks seem to be of some interest on several grounds, for they not only explain...in the open air. [It is easy to see that, ceteris paribiis, the effects of this impulsive pressure will be greater in a large apparatus than in a small...
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Mathematical and Physical Papers, Volume 6

William Thomson Baron Kelvin - 1911 - 394 pages
...fact that water is compressible, and therefore the relaxation of pressure (produced by the breaking of the glass tube) takes time to travel from the inside...air. (It is easy to see that, ceteris paribus, the effects of this impulsive pressure will be greater in a large apparatus than in a small one.)" In a...
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Mathematical Physical Papers 6, Volume 3

Kelvin - 1890 - 402 pages
...fact that water is compressible, and therefore the relaxation of pressure (produced by the breaking of the glass tube) takes time to travel from the inside...air. (It is easy to see that, ceteris paribus, the effects of this impulsive pressure will be greater in a large apparatus than in a small one.)" In a...
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