 | Mark Walrod Harrington - 1899 - 282 σελίδες
...of mercury on the left hand and the mercury in the tube falls to n, at which point it is sustained by the pressure of the air on the surface of the mercury in the basin. The space above n is a vacuum. perature to be satisfactory for very accurate observations. The box is under... | |
 | Mark Walrod Harrington - 1899 - 296 σελίδες
...of mercury on the left hand and the mercury in the tube falls to n, at which Eoint it is sustained y the pressure of the air on the surface of the mercury in the basin. The space above n is a vacuum, The mercury will descend and the barometer is made. It must then be fastened... | |
 | Jacques Wardlaw Redway - 1900 - 404 σελίδες
...closed at one end, and filled with mercury ; the open end is placed in a small cup filled with mercury. The pressure of the air on the surface of the mercury in the cup keeps the column in the tube in place. If the column in the tube rises it signifies that the pressure... | |
 | Edward Richard Shaw - 1901 - 342 σελίδες
...than in tube B? What is the ratio between this difference and the reading of the barometer? If, then, the pressure of the air on the surface of the mercury in the 10 Fio. 96. FIG. 97. open tube B sustains a weight of mercury in the closed tube A equal to one-half... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - 1902 - 380 σελίδες
...downwards, out of the tube into the cup until the weight of the mercury remaining in the tube is equal to the pressure of the air on the surface of the mercury in the cup. The space above the mercury in the tube will now be practically a vacuum, and consequently there... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - 1902 - 600 σελίδες
...downwards out of the tube into the cup until the weight of the mercury remaining in the tube is equal to the pressure of the air on the surface of the mercury in the cup. The space above the mercury in the tube will be practically a vacuum, consequently, there will... | |
 | 1902 - 650 σελίδες
...downwards, out of the tube into the cup until the weight of the mercury remaining in the tube is equal to the pressure of the air on the surface of the mercury in the cup. The space above the mercury in the tube will now be practically a vacuum, and consequently there... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - 1908 - 626 σελίδες
...out of the tube and into the cup, until the weight of the mercury remaining in the tube is equal to the pressure of the air on the surface of the mercury in the cup. The space above the mercury in the tube will be practically a vacuum; consequently, there will... | |
 | 1909 - 532 σελίδες
...out of the tube and into the cup, until the weight of the mercury remaining in the tube is equal to the pressure of the air on the surface of the mercury in the cup. The space above the mercury in the tube will be practically a vacuum; consequently, there will... | |
 | Lucius Trant O'Shea - 1911 - 344 σελίδες
...Torricellian vacuum. He also gave the correct explanation, namely, that the mercury is maintained in the tube by the pressure of the air on the surface of the mercury in the cistern. The mercury barometer in its simplest form consists of a straight tube about 33 to 36 inches... | |
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To explain the construction of the common barometer, and to shew that the mercury is sustained in it by the pressure of the air on the surface of the mercury in the basin. 
