 | Benjamin Martin - Science - 1747 - 574 pages
...Stick be cut even at each End with a Penknife, and immerfed in Mercury, upon pumping out the Air from the Receiver it will at the fame time come out of...Pores of the Wood through the Mercury, as will be vifibie at each End. When the Air is let in again, it falls on the Surface of the Mercury, and forces... | |
 | John Badcock - Card games - 1820 - 222 pages
...it in a vessel filled with mercury. When the air is pumped out of the receiver, it will at the same time come out of the pores of the wood, through the mercury, as will be visible at each end of the stick. When the air is again let into the receiver, it falls on the surface... | |
 | William Enfield (M.A.) - Amusements - 1821 - 302 pages
...immerse it in a vessel of mercury. When the air is pumped out of the receiver, it will, at the same time, come out of the pores of the wood, through the mercury, as will be visible at each end of the stick. When the air is again let into the receiver, it falls on the surface... | |
 | A. H. W., Facts - Home economics - 1873 - 478 pages
...immerse it in a vessel of mercury. When the air is pumped out of the receiver, it will at the same time come out of the pores of the wood, through the mercury, as will be visible, at each end of the stick. When the air is again let into the receiver, it falls on the surface... | |
 | Endless amusement - Fireworks - 1820 - 232 pages
...immerse it in a vessel of mercury. When the air is pumped out of the receiver, it will at the same time come out of the pores of the wood, through the mercury, as ..Ibe visible at each end of the stick. When the air is again let into the receiver, it falls on the... | |
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TAKE a piece of stick, cut it even at each end with a penknife, and immerse it in a vessel of mercury. When the air is pumped out of the receiver, it will at the same time come out of the pores of the wood, through the mercury, as will be visible at each... 