The North American Review, Volume 72Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1851 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 488
... surface of the mercury on which it acts ? " But if this last and only possible action of the air by its elas- ticity be the cause of the oscillation , why is it that two upper surfaces of mercury , one in the cistern and one in the tube ...
... surface of the mercury on which it acts ? " But if this last and only possible action of the air by its elas- ticity be the cause of the oscillation , why is it that two upper surfaces of mercury , one in the cistern and one in the tube ...
Page 489
... surface of the mercury in the cistern ; for he says truly , " it makes no difference in the action of the barometer whether the surface of the cistern is of two inches area , bearing a column of air of two inches area , or is an ocean ...
... surface of the mercury in the cistern ; for he says truly , " it makes no difference in the action of the barometer whether the surface of the cistern is of two inches area , bearing a column of air of two inches area , or is an ocean ...
Page 491
... surface is six inches below the surface of the water ; then that upper sur- face is pressed down by a column of water of its own area six inches high , while the under surface of the block is pressed up by a column of water of the same ...
... surface is six inches below the surface of the water ; then that upper sur- face is pressed down by a column of water of its own area six inches high , while the under surface of the block is pressed up by a column of water of the same ...
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THE TENDENCIES OF MODERN SCIENCE | 84 |
FEMALE AUTHORS | 151 |
Report of the Case of John W Webster indicted | 178 |
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