 | William Emerson - 1758 - 410 pages
...within the veflel will be inthefameftate ofcompreffion. And the compreflion in the bottom of the veflel can only exceed that at the top, by the weight of a column of air of the Jteight of the veflcl AC, (by Cor. I. Prop. LXXXII.) But the » I c, weight of luch a column of air... | |
 | Achille Richard - 1831 - 604 pages
...force to raise the column of mercury thirty-two inches and a half above its level, in a few hours. Now, the weight of a column of air of the height of the atmosphere is equal to that of a column of mercury twenty-eight inches high, or of a column of water... | |
 | Achille Richard - 1831 - 720 pages
...force to raise the column of mercury thirty-two inches and a half above its level, in a few hours. Now, the weight of a column of air of the height of the atmosphere is equal to that of a column of mercury twenty-eight inches high, or of a column of water... | |
 | William Emerson - 1836 - 498 pages
...equality ofpresPROP. LXXXIX. (Fig. 13. PI. XII.) IF AIR, OR ANY ELASTIC FLUID OF SMALL DENSITY, BE SHUT OP IN A CLOSE VESSEL, EVERY PART OF IT WILL BE IN THE...but the weight of such a column of air is insensible m respect of the external pressure, or the pressure of the height of the atmosphere. And, therefore,... | |
 | Barnum Field - 1837 - 166 pages
...than water. The height of the atmosphere is supposed to be about 45 miles. 128 PHYSICAL GEOG&APHfi The weight of a column of air of the height of the atmosphere is known to be equal to a column of water of the same size, 32 feet high, since that is... | |
 | Barnum Field - 1840 - 168 pages
...to be 840 times lighter than water. The height of the atmosphere is supposed to be about 45 miles. The weight of a column of air of the height of the atmosphere is known to be equal to a column of water of the same size, 32 feet high,,since that is... | |
 | William Rhind - 1841 - 756 pages
...to raise the column of nrrcary thirty-two inches and a lialf above its It-rrl, in a few hours. Now, the weight of a column of air of the height of the atmosphere ic equal to that of a column of mercury twentyn'jht inches high, or of a column of water... | |
 | William James Browne - 1883 - 218 pages
...would reach. We know that it supports on an average a column of mercury 30 inches high ; therefore the weight of a column of air of the height of the atmosphere is equal to that of a column of mercury 30 inches high, or to a column of water 30 X 13'6... | |
 | Arnold James Cooley - 1892 - 920 pages
...at the foot of a mountain, the pressure it sustain« is greater than that to which it is subjected at the top, by the weight of a column of air, of unit cross-section, intervening between the top and the (Kit torn. The height can bo obtained from... | |
 | Arnold James Cooley - 1892 - 920 pages
...is at the foot of a mountain, the pressure it sustains is greater than that to which it is subjected at the top, by the weight of a column of air, of unit cross-section, intervening between the top and the bottom. The height can be obtained from the... | |
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... in a few hours. Now, the weight of a column of air of the height of the atmosphere is equal to that of a column of mercury twenty-eight inches high, or of a column of water of the height of about thirty-three feet. 