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    pressure at the top of the siphon, like in a barometer or drinking straw, and then over. However, it has been demonstrated that siphons can operate in a vacuum...
    83 KB (10,693 words) - 15:52, 25 April 2024
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    A barometer is a scientific instrument that is used to measure air pressure in a certain environment. Pressure tendency can forecast short term changes...
    43 KB (5,064 words) - 14:46, 27 February 2024
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    Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character. 76 (510): 313–315. doi:10.1098/rsta.1906.0008. S2CID 121759360. Siphon barometer designed by Basevi...
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  • Thumbnail for Torricelli's experiment
    believing that it's the pull of vacuum that creates a siphon, a pull overcome if the siphon is high enough. In the 17th century, Evangelista Torricelli...
    6 KB (691 words) - 10:47, 21 February 2024
  • for his experiment in which he unknowingly created the first working barometer. Though he was best known for his work in mathematics and physics, little...
    5 KB (509 words) - 20:26, 30 October 2023
  • is extremely versatile. A mercury barometer is one of the classic uses of static pressure head. Such barometers are an enclosed column of mercury standing...
    9 KB (1,247 words) - 04:35, 3 November 2023
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    experiment he had made in which a siphon, led over a hill about 21 m high, failed to work. When the end of the siphon was opened in a reservoir, the water...
    4 KB (487 words) - 16:32, 28 October 2023
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    was that air was weightless and it is vacuum that provided force, as in a siphon. The discovery helped bring Torricelli to the conclusion: We live submerged...
    10 KB (1,104 words) - 18:19, 23 January 2024
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    machines in the 13th century. He also said that a suction pump was used in siphons to discharge Greek fire. The suction pump later appeared in medieval Europe...
    39 KB (4,574 words) - 18:52, 18 May 2024
  • orientation sensors, dedicated gaming controls, accelerometers, gyroscopes, barometers, magnetometers, proximity sensors, pressure sensors, thermometers, and...
    339 KB (29,041 words) - 14:40, 24 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pressure measurement
    suspended by a vacuum.) This bellows configuration is used in aneroid barometers (barometers with an indicating needle and dial card), altimeters, altitude recording...
    74 KB (9,894 words) - 18:22, 31 March 2024
  • trader banned by FSA for mismarking". The Times. Alexis Stenfors (2017). Barometer of Fear: An Insiders Account of Rogue Trading and the Greatest Banking...
    55 KB (5,471 words) - 19:30, 13 May 2024
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    of capillary action is the capillary action siphon. Instead of utilizing a hollow tube (as in most siphons), this device consists of a length of cord made...
    36 KB (4,225 words) - 08:28, 20 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Corruption in Italy
    according to Transparency International. But in the 2013 Global Corruption Barometer report, Italy is in 17th position in front of the United Kingdom (18th)...
    33 KB (3,601 words) - 22:22, 22 May 2024
  • mechanisms that can provide mechanical advantage (also called leverage). siphon A tube in an inverted U shape that causes a liquid to flow uphill without...
    111 KB (12,830 words) - 23:58, 23 May 2024
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    horse ambulances Wet and dry bulb thermometers Aneriod barometers Siphon (mercury) barometers Sextants Prismatic compasses Odometers Clinometers Tents...
    38 KB (5,214 words) - 09:05, 8 April 2024
  • the recommended formula to use. Barometer Hypsometric equation Pascal's barrel Ruina montium Pressure gradient Siphon "The Barometric Formula". Streeter...
    11 KB (1,512 words) - 15:07, 18 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Political corruption
    institutional capacity of government if procedures are disregarded, resources are siphoned off, and public offices are bought and sold. Corruption undermines the...
    106 KB (12,202 words) - 23:34, 22 April 2024
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    millions of calls being dropped annually. A 2019 survey by Global Corruption Barometer Africa suggested that the SAPS is seen as the most corrupt institution...
    286 KB (25,182 words) - 14:16, 17 May 2024
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    facilitating and encouraging business activities. A Global Corruption Barometer survey from 2010 found that the institutions seen as most corrupt were...
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