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" Set a lighted candle upon the pump, and cover it with a tall receiver. If the receiver holds a gallon, the candle will burn a minute ; and, then, after having gradually decayed from the first... "
Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics ... - Page 195
by James Ferguson - 1776 - 444 pages
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Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, and ...

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...
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An Easy Introduction to the Arts and Sciences:: Being a Short, But ...

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...
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The Elements of Useful Knowledge: Comprehending, Among Other Interesting ...

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...
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The school of arts; or, an introduction to useful knowledge

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...
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The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ..., Volume 5

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...
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The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 5

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...
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The New Pocket Cyclopędia: Or, Elements of Useful Knowledge, Methodically ...

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...
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The New Pocket Cyclopaedia: Or, Elements Or Useful Knowledge, Methodically ...

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...
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An Easy Introduction to the Arts and Sciences:: Being a Short, But ...

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,...
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Ferguson's Lectures on Select Subjects, in Mechanics, Hydrostatics ...

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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