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... ascend , the real height is very much greater , being , it is supposed , about 210 miles . 29. Other fluids may be used in the construction of baro- meters , which , being lighter than mercury , have columns proportionally longer . Thus ...
... ascend , the real height is very much greater , being , it is supposed , about 210 miles . 29. Other fluids may be used in the construction of baro- meters , which , being lighter than mercury , have columns proportionally longer . Thus ...
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... ascend to the cistern , whence it may escape . Since there is the weight of two atmospheres ( the mercury in the barometer and the weight of the air out- side ) pressing on any air that may be inside the tube , it is usually a tedious ...
... ascend to the cistern , whence it may escape . Since there is the weight of two atmospheres ( the mercury in the barometer and the weight of the air out- side ) pressing on any air that may be inside the tube , it is usually a tedious ...
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... ascend to an indefinite extent , there being nothing to stop it . The glass is , however , a substance of some thickness , displacing mercury as Fig . 7 . it is plunged into the cistern ; and as it thus presents a re- sistance to the ...
... ascend to an indefinite extent , there being nothing to stop it . The glass is , however , a substance of some thickness , displacing mercury as Fig . 7 . it is plunged into the cistern ; and as it thus presents a re- sistance to the ...
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... ascend at the equator than it does at the poles . Now , since at the equator gravity diminishes least rapidly with the height , the air of the atmosphere will at any given height weigh more there than anywhere else on the globe at the ...
... ascend at the equator than it does at the poles . Now , since at the equator gravity diminishes least rapidly with the height , the air of the atmosphere will at any given height weigh more there than anywhere else on the globe at the ...
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... ascend till they reach a height at which the pressure or tension of the air surrounding the ascending currents is less than that of the aerial columns themselves . In popular language , the warm air will ascend just as long as it ...
... ascend till they reach a height at which the pressure or tension of the air surrounding the ascending currents is less than that of the aerial columns themselves . In popular language , the warm air will ascend just as long as it ...
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