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" We took then a long glass -tube, which, by a dexterous hand and the help of a lamp, was in such a manner crooked at the bottom, that the part turned up was almost parallel to the rest of the tube, and the orifice of this shorter leg of the siphon (if... "
A History of Physics in Its Elementary Branches: Including the Evolution of ... - Page 72
by Florian Cajori - 1899 - 322 pages
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Properties of Matter

Peter Guthrie Tait - 1885 - 344 pages
...Air. The following extract, especially, is still of great interest. It occurs in Part II. chap. v. "We took then a long Glass -Tube, which by a dexterous hand and the help of Lamp was in such a manner crooked at the bottom, that the part turned up was almost parallel to the...
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Essays in Historical Chemistry

Thomas Edward Thorpe - 1894 - 406 pages
...compressed and dilated. The account of these memorable experiments must be given in Boyle's own words—" We took then a long glass tube, which, by a dexterous...rest of the tube, and the orifice of this shorter leg of the syphon (if I may so call the whole instrument) being hermetically sealed, the length of it was...
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Properties of Matter

Peter Guthrie Tait - 1894 - 388 pages
...Air. The following extract, especially, is still of great interest. It occurs in Part II. chap. v. " We took then a long Glass - Tube, which by a dexterous hand and the help of Lamp was in such a manner crooked at the bottom, that the part turned up was almost parallel to the...
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The Laws of Gases: Memoirs

Robert Boyle, Emile Hilaire Amagat - 1899 - 128 pages
...THE MEASURE OP THE FORCE OP THE SPRING OP AIR COMPRESSED AND DILATED We took then a long glass-tube, which, by a dexterous hand and the help of a lamp,...rest of the tube, and the orifice of this shorter leg of the siphon (if I may so call the whole instrument) being hermetically sealed, the length of it was...
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The Elements of Physics: For Use in High Schools

Henry Crew - 1899 - 372 pages
...touching the Spring and Weight of the Air, pp. 156-159. (London, 1772.) " We took then a long glass-tube, which by a dexterous hand and the help of a lamp,...rest of the tube, and the orifice of this shorter leg of the siphon (if I may so call the whole instrument) being hermetically sealed, the length of it was...
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Treatise on Physics, Volume 1

Andrew Gray - 1901 - 738 pages
...measure of the force of the spring of air compressed and dilated." '• We took then a long glass-tube, which, by a dexterous hand and the help of a lamp,...rest of the tube, and the orifice of this shorter leg of the siphon (if I may so call the whole instrument) being hermetically sealed, the length of it was...
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Treatise on Physics, Volume 1

Andrew Gray - 1901 - 738 pages
...air compressed and dilated." '• We took then a long glass-tube, which, by a dexterous hand and tho help of a lamp, was in such a manner crooked at the...rest of the tube, and the orifice of this shorter leg of the siphon (if I may so call the whole instrument) being hermetically sealed, the length of it was...
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Treatise on Physics

Andrew Gray - 1901 - 738 pages
...measure of the force of the spring of air compressed and dilated." '• We took then a long glass-tube, which, by a dexterous hand and the help of a lamp, was in such a manner crooked at thu bottom, that the part turned up was almost parallel to the rest of the tube, and the orifice of...
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Principles of Class Teaching

Joseph John Findlay - 1902 - 488 pages
...ago. He describes his apparatus as follows (Thorpe's Essays in Historical Chemistry, p. 20) : — ' We took then a long glass tube, which, by a dexterous...rest of the tube, and the orifice of this shorter leg of the syphon (if I may so call the whole instrument) being hermetically sealed, the length of it was...
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A Textbook of Physics, Volume 1

John Henry Poynting, Joseph John Thomson - 1902 - 244 pages
...communicated to the Royal Society in 1661. The experiment which led to this law is thus described by him. " We took then a long glass tube, which by a dexterous...rest of the tube, and the orifice of this shorter leg of the siphon (if I may so call the whole instrument) being hermetically sealed, the length of it was...
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