Atmospheres
['ætməs,fɪr]
Examples
- Cailletet used a pressure of 300 atmospheres and a temperature of -29°, which latter was obtained by the evaporation of liquid sulphurous acid. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Pictet used a pressure of 320 atmospheres and a temperature of -140°, obtained by the evaporation of liquid sulphurous acid and liquid carbonic acid. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is requisite that the receiver should be capable of bearing a pressure of at least six atmospheres, which is equal to 90 lbs. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Thus, when there are three atmospheres of gas under pressure, each bottle of soda-water contains four bottles full of gas, which are absorbed without perceptibly increasing its bulk. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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