 | Thomas Hodson - Arithmetic - 1806 - 488 pages
...»J ' <» i07374i824 2 4294967296 i; i7i79869i84 « 687i9476736 274877906944 ^% Si0995n627766 ^ f* more rarefied at the height of 500 miles, that it would fill a fphere equal in diameter to the orbit of Saturn. The weight or preflure of the air is determined by... | |
 | Astronomy - 1808 - 290 pages
...these calculations, it might be easily shewn, that a cubic inch of the air we breathe would be so much rarefied at the height of 500 miles, that it would...a sphere equal in diameter to the orbit of Saturn. Hence we may perceive how very soon the air becomes so extremely rare and light, as to be utterly imperceptible... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 716 pages
...calculations in thu table, it might be easily shewn, that a cubic inch of the air we breathe would be so much rarefied at the height of 500 miles, that it would...a sphere equal in diameter to the orbit of Saturn. It has been observed above, that the at' mosphcre has a refractive power, by which the rays of light... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 pages
...calculation, that a cubic inch of such air as we breathe, would be so much rarefied at the altitude of 500 miles, that it would fill a sphere equal in diameter to the orbit of Saturn. The elastic power of tlie air is always equivalent to the force which compresses it, for if it were less,... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 684 pages
...calculation, that a cubic inch of such air as we breathe, would be so much rarefied ut the altitude of 500 miles, that it would fill a sphere equal in diameter to the orbit of Saturn. The elastic power of the air is always equivalent to the force winch con;presse» it, for if it were less,... | |
 | Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - Costume - 1820 - 538 pages
...calculation, that a cubic inch of such air as we breathe, would be so much rarefied at the altitude of 500 miles, that it would fill a sphere equal in diameter to the orbit of Saturn." EDWARD.—" And now, my dear Sir, one question more upon the subject of air, or rather of the atmosphere.... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 376 pages
...calculation, that a cubic inch of such air as we breathe would be so much rarefied at the altitude of 500 miles, that it would fill a sphere equal in diameter to the orbit of Saturn. The elastic power of the air is always equivalent to the force which compresses it; for if it were less,... | |
 | Alexander Jamleson - 1821 - 456 pages
...through our atmosphere. A cubic inch of such air as we breathe, would be so much rarified at the altitude of 500 miles, that it would fill a sphere equal in diameter to the orbit of Saturn. Experiment 10. 230. There is a contrivance for supporting a guinea and a feather,- and letting them... | |
 | John Imison - Art - 1822 - 528 pages
...77 84 91 0 •s ls j i 98 0 •s 105 > 112 o UD 119 0> 126 3 133 140^ much rarefied at the altitude of 500 miles, that it would fill a sphere equal in diameter to the orbit of Saturn. The elastic power oftfie air is always equivalent to the force which compresses it; for if it were less,... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - Industrial arts - 1829 - 654 pages
...atmosphere. A cubic inch of such air as we breathe, would be so much rarefied at the altitude of 600 miles, that it would fill a sphere equal in diameter to the orbit of Satarn. 10. There is a contrivance for supporting a guinea and a feather, and letting them drop at... | |
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And hence it is easy to prove by calculation, that a cubic inch of such air as we breathe would be so much rarefied at the altitude of 500 miles, that it would fill a sphere equal in diameter to the orbit of Saturn. 
