单词 | bladder-glass |
释义 | > as lemmasbladder-glass bladder-glass n. a glass vessel covered at one end with a piece of bladder, for showing the atmospheric pressure, by the bursting in of the bladder when the air is exhausted from the vessel. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > [noun] > air-pressure > device for illustrating Torricellian tube1660 Magdeburg hemispheres1815 bladder-glass1854 1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circle Sci. Chem. 296 If a bladder-glass..be laid flat on the plate of an air-pump..the full force of atmospheric pressure will take place externally on the tense membrane. < as lemmas |
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