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... mercury , are bodies which have no hardness , and present but little resistance when a body is immersed in them ; they have no shape of their own , but at once take that of the vessels in which they are contained ; they are virtually ...
... mercury , are bodies which have no hardness , and present but little resistance when a body is immersed in them ; they have no shape of their own , but at once take that of the vessels in which they are contained ; they are virtually ...
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... mercury into the cup so as entirely to cover the leather , the air - pump is put in action , and a partial vacuum ... mercury forces that liquid through the pores of the leather . In the same manner water or mercury may be forced through ...
... mercury into the cup so as entirely to cover the leather , the air - pump is put in action , and a partial vacuum ... mercury forces that liquid through the pores of the leather . In the same manner water or mercury may be forced through ...
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... mercury upon wood . The experiment may also be made with water , by sprinkling upon the surface of the wood some light powder such as lycopodium or lampblack , and then dropping some water on it . Chemical affinity is the force which is ...
... mercury upon wood . The experiment may also be made with water , by sprinkling upon the surface of the wood some light powder such as lycopodium or lampblack , and then dropping some water on it . Chemical affinity is the force which is ...
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... mercury , are decomposed , by the action of heat , into gas and metal . 63. Adhesion . - Adhesion is the name given to the attraction manifested by two bodies when their surfaces are placed in con- tact . If two leaden bullets are cut ...
... mercury , are decomposed , by the action of heat , into gas and metal . 63. Adhesion . - Adhesion is the name given to the attraction manifested by two bodies when their surfaces are placed in con- tact . If two leaden bullets are cut ...
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... mercury , the liquid is depressed instead of being raised , and the more so the narrower the tubes ( fig . 56 ) ; and the surface , which was previously concave , now becomes convex . The surface of a liquid exhibits the same concavity ...
... mercury , the liquid is depressed instead of being raised , and the more so the narrower the tubes ( fig . 56 ) ; and the surface , which was previously concave , now becomes convex . The surface of a liquid exhibits the same concavity ...
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absorbed air-pump alcohol aperture apparatus applied aqueous vapour Archimedes atmospheric pressure axis balloon barometer body boiling Boyle's law bulb called carbonic acid centre of gravity colour column compressed concave concave mirror condensing consists convex lens cooling cylinder degrees density direction distance effect elastic force equal equilibrium expansion experiment fall feet fixed focus formed gases glass greater Hence horizontal hydrometer hydrostatic balance immersed inches increases instruments iron latent heat layer lens lenses lever light liquid luminous magnetic means mercury metal mirror molecules motion number of vibrations object observed oscillations passes pendulum pipe piston placed plane plate poles pounds principle produced quantity of heat rays reflected refraction represented in fig rises scale seen sinks solid sound specific gravity steam stopcock string substances surface telescope temperature thermometer tion transmitted traversed tube tubulure vacuum valve velocity vessel volume weight wind zero
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