| James Ferguson - 1764 - 322 pages
...receiver, they will be drove upward again, until the pifton be at the very bottom of the fyringe. 28. Set a lighted candle upon the pump, and cover it with a tail receiver. If the receiver holds a gallon, the candle will burn a minute, and then, after having... | |
| Richard Turner - Children's questions and answers - 1792 - 296 pages
...air-pump, or indeed upon any other place fo fmooth, that, when covered with a receiver, no air can enter. If the receiver holds a gallon, the candle will burn...decayed from the firft inftant, it will go out; which fh3ws, that a conftant fupply of frefh air is as neeefiary to feed flame, as it is to fupport the lives... | |
| Jasper Adams, John Adams - 1793 - 358 pages
...air-pump, or indeed upon any other place fo fmooth, that, when covered with a receiver, no air can enter. If the receiver holds a gallon, the candle will burn...decayed from the firft inftant, it will go out ; which mews that a conftant fupply of frefh air is as necefTary to feed flame, as it is to fupport the lives... | |
| John Imison - 1796 - 476 pages
...matter, and the cork which balanced the lead in air, fhews itfelf to be heavier when in vacuo. - 2g. Set a lighted candle upon the pump, and cover it with...decayed from the firft inftant, it will go out ; which fhews that a conftant fupply of frefh air is neceflary to feed flame ; and fo it alfo is for animal... | |
| William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 684 pages
...lead in air, shews itself to be heavier when in vacuo. Set a lighted candle upon the pump, and rover it with a tall receiver. If the receiver holds a gallon,...will burn a minute ; and then, after having gradually derayed from the first instant, it will go out ; which shows that a constant supply of fresh air is... | |
| William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 pages
...of matter, and the cork, which balanced the lead in air, shews itself to be heavier when in vacuo. Set a lighted candle upon the pump, and cover it with a tall receiver. II' the receiver holds a gallon, the candle will burn a minute ; and then, after having gradually decayed... | |
| John Millard - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1813 - 704 pages
...lighted candle be covered with a receiver, and the receiver is capable of containing a gallon of air, the candle will burn a minute; and then, after having gradually decayed, it will go out. The smoke of the candle will fall to the bottom ; it generally ascends because it is... | |
| Encyclopaedias, John Millard - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 712 pages
...lighted candle be covered with a receiver, and the receiver is capable of containing.a gallon of air, the candle will burn a minute; and then, after having gradually decayed, it will go out. The smoke of the candle will fall to the bottom ; it generally ascends because it is... | |
| Richard Turner - Children's questions and answers - 1814 - 300 pages
...air-pump, or indeed upon any other place fo fmooth, that, when covered with a receiver, -no air can enter. If the receiver holds a gallon, the candle will burn...then, after having gradually decayed from the firft Lnftant, it will go out; which fhews, that a conftaut fupply of frefh air is as neceflary to feed flame,... | |
| James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1814 - 420 pages
...previously covered over with a piece of thin wet bladder, glued to it, and then thoroughly dried. *. 29. Set a lighted candle upon the pump, and cover it with a tall receiver. If the receiver hold a gallon, the candle will burn a minute ; and then, after having gradually decayed from the first... | |
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