 | Chemistry - 1864 - 348 pages
...the air. 1 trust, on consideration of the above facts, it will be conceded that the law which affirms that the volume of a gas varies inversely as the pressure to which the gas is submitted, is not " the law of Mariotte," but " the law of Boyle," (To be continued.) PHARMACY,... | |
 | Chemistry - 1865 - 640 pages
...the law. I must still adhere to the opinion expressed in a former paper, that the law which affirms that the volume of a gas varies inversely as the pressure to which the gas is submitted is rightly " the law of Boyle." Hooke, not only by his writings, but by inventing... | |
 | George Farrer Rodwell - Physical sciences - 1871 - 620 pages
...globe. The second is, of course, due to the compression of the air. Sibce (see Elasticity of вазсг) the volume of a gas varies inversely as the pressure to which it is subjected, it is easy, by reading the height of the mercury in the manometer tube, to find the pressure... | |
 | Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh - Natural history - 1880 - 500 pages
...the world in general Boyle's name is best known in connection with the discovery of the well-known law — that the volume of a gas varies inversely as the pressure — which rightly bears his name, although a strong attempt was made, and is still made, I presume,... | |
 | August Dupré, Henry Wilson Hake - Chemistry - 1886 - 648 pages
...liquefaction of the gas at the surface of the solid. Behaviour of Gases to Pressure— Boyle's Law.— The volume of a gas varies inversely as the pressure to which it is subjected. If V = volume at pressure, P and v = volume at pressure p, then — V: „: :p:P; hence,... | |
 | Robert Galloway - Chemistry - 1888 - 378 pages
...considered at present we will simply state the law of compressibility tha gases follow in general terms : the volume of a gas varies inversely as the pressure to which it is exposed ; consequently by doubling the pressure we halve the volume, by trebling it *< reduce it to one-third... | |
 | John Thornton - Physical geography - 1888 - 266 pages
...one-half; if we treble the pressure the volume becomes only one-third. Hence was derived Boyle's law — The volume of a gas varies inversely as the pressure to which it is subjected when the temperature remains the same. It is plain that while the volume diminishes as the... | |
 | George Milbry Gould - Medicine - 1891 - 524 pages
...angle with the visual axis that the image falls upon the papilla. Mariotte's Law. The law of physics that the volume of a gas varies inversely as the pressure to which it is subjected. Mariotte's Spot. The blind spot, or papilla. Mar'joram. See Origanum. Mar'malade, or Mar'melade... | |
 | Joseph Gregory Horner - English language - 1892 - 516 pages
...Ibs. Boyle and Marriott, Law of. — The law of Boyle and Marriott, so named after its discoverers, is that the volume of a gas varies inversely as the pressure to which it is subjected. In engineering this law has its application in the expansive working of steam in a closed... | |
 | George Milbry Gould - 1894 - 638 pages
...angle with the visual axis that the image falls upon the papilla. Mariotte's Law. The law of physics that the volume of a gas varies inversely as the pressure to which it is subjected. Mariotte's Spot. The blind spot, or papilla. Mar'joram. See Origanum. Mar'malade, or Mar'melade... | |
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Marriott, so named after its discoverers, is that the volume of a gas varies inversely as the pressure to which it is subjected. 
