Essentials of physicsW.B. Saunders, 1896 - 319 pages |
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Page 66
... Describe the wheel barometer . This one was invented by Hooke : it is a siphon barometer , and especially intended to indicate good or bad weather . In the shorter leg of the siphon there is a float which rises and falls with the Hg . A ...
... Describe the wheel barometer . This one was invented by Hooke : it is a siphon barometer , and especially intended to indicate good or bad weather . In the shorter leg of the siphon there is a float which rises and falls with the Hg . A ...
Page 85
... Describe the air thermometer . These thermometers are based on the expansion of air by increase of temperature . A bulb is blown on the lower end of an open capillary tube . The bulb is filled with air , and its expansion is denoted by ...
... Describe the air thermometer . These thermometers are based on the expansion of air by increase of temperature . A bulb is blown on the lower end of an open capillary tube . The bulb is filled with air , and its expansion is denoted by ...
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... Describe the voltaic pile . The voltaic pile or battery was devised by Volta himself . It con- sists of a series of disks of Cu , cloth , and Zn piled one upon the other . At the bottom , on a framework of wood , is a Cu disk , then one ...
... Describe the voltaic pile . The voltaic pile or battery was devised by Volta himself . It con- sists of a series of disks of Cu , cloth , and Zn piled one upon the other . At the bottom , on a framework of wood , is a Cu disk , then one ...
Contents
BOOK I | 17 |
The Attractions of Matter | 26 |
Matter Force and Motion | 33 |
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