...size of the tube may be, as only the perpendicular height can measure or be measured by the pressure. Galileo had found that water would rise under the piston of a pump only to a height of about thirty-four feet ; and his pupil Torricelli conceived the happy thought,...

...advance of several inches in the oblique top, rendering any change of elevation so much more apparent. Galileo had found that water would rise under the...cause of the ascent, concluded that mercury, which h about thirteen times heavier than water, should only rise under the same influence to a thirteenth...

...Incredulity. Condensation. Pneumatics. Captain. Suspended. Atmosphere. Latitude. Detract. Equilibrium. GALILEO' had found that water would rise under the...a height only of about thirty-four feet. His pupil Torricelli,8 conceiving the happy thought that the weight of the atmosphere might be the cause of the...

...advance of several inches in the oblique top, rendering any change of elevation so much more apparent. Galileo had found that water would rise under the...a pump to a height only of about thirty-four feet. Ilis pupil Torricelli, conceiving the happy thought, that the weight of the atmosphere might be the...

...tube filled with mercury, and hermetically sealed at the one end, while the other end is GALILEO 1 had found that water would rise under the piston of...a height only of about thirty-four feet. His pupil Torricelli,2 conceiving the happy thought that the weight of the atmosphere might be the cause of the...