 ... a list of paper carefully divided into inches and parts, and we observed not without delight and satisfaction that the quicksilver in that longer part of the tube was 29 inches higher than the other.  Essays in Historical Chemistry - Page 23by Thomas Edward Thorpe - 1902 - 582 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1864 - 348 pages
...half its original hulk, " when," he writes, " we cast onr eye» upon the longer leg of the glass on which •we likewise pasted a list of paper carefully...observed, not without delight and satisfaction, that t !«• quicksilver in that longer part of th" tube was twenty-nine inches higher than the other."... | |
 | Peter Guthrie Tait - 1885 - 344 pages
...degrees streighten the included Air : and continuing this pouring in of Quicksilver till the Air in the shorter leg was by condensation reduced to take up but half the space it possess'd (I say, possess'd not fill'd) before ; we cast our eyes upon the longer leg of the Glass,... | |
 | Peter Guthrie Tait - 1885 - 366 pages
...was by condensation reduced to take up but half the space it possess'd (I say, possessed not fill'd) before ; we cast our eyes upon the longer leg of the Glass, on which was likewise pasted a list of Paper carefully divided into Inches and parts, and we observed,... | |
 | Peter Guthrie Tait - 1894 - 388 pages
...degrees streighten the included Air : and continuing this pouring in of Quicksilver till the Air in the shorter leg was by condensation reduced to take up but half the space it possess'd (I say, possess'd not jttl'd) before ; we cast our eyes upon the longer leg of the Glass,... | |
 | Robert Boyle, Emile Hilaire Amagat - 1899 - 128 pages
...Experiments, London, 1662. the included air : and continuing this pouring in of quicksilver till the air in the shorter leg was by condensation reduced to take...we cast our eyes upon the longer leg of the glass, on which was likewise pasted a list of paper carefully divided into inches and parts, and we observed,... | |
 | Henry Crew - 1899 - 372 pages
...degrees streighten the included air: and continuing this pouring in of quicksilver till the air in the shorter leg was by condensation reduced to take...we cast our eyes upon the longer leg of the glass, on which was likewise pasted a list of paper carefully divided into inches and parts, and we observed,... | |
 | Florian Cajori - 1899 - 344 pages
...take up but half the space it possessed ... we cast our eyes upon the longer leg of the glass . . . and we observed, not without delight and satisfaction,...of the tube was 29 inches higher than the other." This tube was broken by accident, and a new one, about eight feet long, was prepared. It was too long... | |
 | Florian Cajori - 1899 - 352 pages
...height in both legs. " This done, we began pouring quicksilver into the longer leg . . . till the air in the shorter leg was by condensation reduced to take up but half the space it possessed ... we cast our eyes upon the longer leg of the glass . . . and we observed, not without delight and... | |
 | Florian Cajori - 1899 - 340 pages
...height in both legs. " This done, we began pouring quicksilver into the longer leg . . . till the air in the shorter leg was by condensation reduced to take up but half the space it possessed ... we cast our eyes upon the longer leg of the glass . . . and we observed, not without delight and... | |
 | Andrew Gray - 1901 - 726 pages
...this pouring in of quicksilver till the air in the shorter leg was by condensation reduced to take up half the space it possessed (I say, possessed, not...we cast our eyes upon the longer leg of the glass, "ii which was likewise passed a list of paper carefully divided into inches and parts, and we observed,... | |
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