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... INCHES Fig . 14. Inches - Millibars Barometer Scales Some day , perhaps , all atmospheric pressures will be measured in millibars . The precise relation between the three units is such that 1013 millibars equals 760 millimeters of ...
... INCHES Fig . 14. Inches - Millibars Barometer Scales Some day , perhaps , all atmospheric pressures will be measured in millibars . The precise relation between the three units is such that 1013 millibars equals 760 millimeters of ...
Page 119
... inches or so be- fore being released . The hydrogen or helium comes from a heavy , boy - size pressure tank that ... inches wide by seven inches long , in the bottom end of which is fixed an inch or so of ordinary three - quarters - inch ...
... inches or so be- fore being released . The hydrogen or helium comes from a heavy , boy - size pressure tank that ... inches wide by seven inches long , in the bottom end of which is fixed an inch or so of ordinary three - quarters - inch ...
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... inches of mercury , marked off in ten - hundredth divisions from about twenty - six inches to about thirty - one inches . The indi- cating hand should be slim , like that of an accurate watch , and a set - hand should preferably be ...
... inches of mercury , marked off in ten - hundredth divisions from about twenty - six inches to about thirty - one inches . The indi- cating hand should be slim , like that of an accurate watch , and a set - hand should preferably be ...
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