 a hollow cylinder of baked clay, the height of which was 2£ feet, and diameter 1 foot. On the grass, surrounded by the cylinder, were laid 10 grains of wool, which, in this situation, as there was not the least wind, would have received as much rain...  Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E ... - Page 132by Encyclopaedia - 1845Full view - About this book
 | Arvil Sylvester Barr, William Henry Burton - 1926 - 760 pages
...the following experiment: Experiment with hollow cylinder.—I placed, upright, on the grass-plat, a hollow cylinder of baked clay, the height of which was 2 l /2 feet, and diameter 1 foot. On the grass, surrounded by the cylinder, were laid 10 grains of wool,... | |
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