A Treatise on HydrostaticsMacmillan and Company, 1894 - 536 pages |
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... FORM , AND OF BODIES PARTLY SUPPORTED . OSCILLATION OF FLOATING BODIES , CHAPTER VI . EQUILIBRIUM OF LIQUIDS IN A Bent Tube . THE THERMOMETER , BAROMETER , AND SIPHON , 93 137 189 233 CHAPTER VII . PNEUMATICS THE GASEOUS LAWS , PAGE 279 ...
... FORM , AND OF BODIES PARTLY SUPPORTED . OSCILLATION OF FLOATING BODIES , CHAPTER VI . EQUILIBRIUM OF LIQUIDS IN A Bent Tube . THE THERMOMETER , BAROMETER , AND SIPHON , 93 137 189 233 CHAPTER VII . PNEUMATICS THE GASEOUS LAWS , PAGE 279 ...
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... siphon and forcing pump ; Vitruvius may be consulted for these and other machines known to the Romans ; while the leading principles of the flow of water as required in practical hydraulics are given by Frontinus in his work de ...
... siphon and forcing pump ; Vitruvius may be consulted for these and other machines known to the Romans ; while the leading principles of the flow of water as required in practical hydraulics are given by Frontinus in his work de ...
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... SIPHON . 158. It has been proved in § 25 that the common surface of two liquids which do not mix is a horizontal plane " ; and in § 24 that " the separate parts of the free surface of a homogeneous liquid filling a number of com ...
... SIPHON . 158. It has been proved in § 25 that the common surface of two liquids which do not mix is a horizontal plane " ; and in § 24 that " the separate parts of the free surface of a homogeneous liquid filling a number of com ...
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... siphon barometer . S 78- 77 100 15 31 13.11 76- 75- 76 Fig . 56. Fig . 57 . Fig . 58 . 30 Fig . 59. Fig . 60 . The column AH of mercury in this bent tube now balances a column of air , of which the containing tube is absent ; so that ...
... siphon barometer . S 78- 77 100 15 31 13.11 76- 75- 76 Fig . 56. Fig . 57 . Fig . 58 . 30 Fig . 59. Fig . 60 . The column AH of mercury in this bent tube now balances a column of air , of which the containing tube is absent ; so that ...
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... siphon barometer ( Gay - Lussac's ) can also be employed for scientific purposes if the level of each sur- face at B and H is measured on the scale S , which is made vertical ; and now there is no need to take account of any variation ...
... siphon barometer ( Gay - Lussac's ) can also be employed for scientific purposes if the level of each sur- face at B and H is measured on the scale S , which is made vertical ; and now there is no need to take account of any variation ...
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