Elementary HydrostaticsRivingtons, 1883 - Hydrostatics |
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30 inches acts vertically upwards air in CQ Air Pump ascends atmospheric pressure axis balloon base become solid bottom branch Centigrade centre of gravity closed column of mercury column of water compare the specific compressed cork cubic foot cubic inches cylinder density of air depth descend displaced fluid equal volumes Fahrenheit find the pressure find the specific find the weight fluid displaced fluid pressure foot of water force FRANCIS STORR freezing point gravity of mercury Hence horizontal section hydrometer Hydrostatic Balance HYDROSTATICS measure of weight metal number of degrees particles pipe piston placed pressure of atmosphere rises shew sink siphon solidified fluid specific gravity square inch string substance weigh temperature Thermometer tube uniform density unit of specific unit of volume unit of weight upper surface vacuo water barometer water weighs 1000 weighing 3 lbs weighs 1000 oz weight of fluid wholly immersed Winchester College
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Page 78 - marked: it is the freezing point of the thermometer. The instrument is next placed in the vapour of water boiling under a given atmospheric pressure: the mercury expands, the column rises and finally becomes stationary. The point at which it rests is marked
Page 48 - \ths of its volume above the surface, and a small piece of granite is seen embedded in the ice ; find the size of the stone, the specific gravities of ice and granite being respectively "918 and 2'65.
Page 78 - in a bulb. The bulb contains mercury, which extends part of the way up the tube. The space between the mercury and the top of the tube is a vacuum. It
Page 36 - fluid displaced; (2) the centres of gravity of the body and of the fluid displaced are in the same vertical line.
Page 78 - and finally becomes stationary. The point at which it rests is marked : it is the boiling point of the thermometer. The space between the freezing point and the boiling point
Page 80 - The following examples will shew how to find the number of degrees marked on any one of the three scales when the number marked on one of the other scales is given. Ex. (1) What reading on the Centigrade scale corresponds to 56°. Fahrenheit ? C
Page 36 - floating body is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced, and acts vertically upwards through the centre of gravity of the displaced fluid.
Page 76 - vertical distances of the highest point of the siphon above the surface of the fluid are both less, both greater, and one greater and the other less than the height of the