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Function To measure small distances. |
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Description On a wooden basis is fixed a little bridge in which centre there is a graduated disk divided into 180 parts. In the centre of the disk there is a screw. A coaxial needle is used as indicator of the height of the body placed under the bridge. | |||
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Function To study the buoyancy. |
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Description The balance lies on a wooden basis with four brass feet adjustable in height. The hollow brass column ends with a cradle to contain the beam and the fulcrum of the balance. On the front of the basis stands a lever to block and unblock the beam. The equipment is provided with normal pans and pans with hook besides a double cylinder for the experience of Archimedes. | |||
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Function Universal sundial for the measure of the time. |
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Description It is a mobile sundial set on a brass plate with an inserted compass and its graduated quadrant. | |||
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Function To measure the compressibility of liquids. |
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Function To verify the Borelli - Jurin's law. |
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Description It is formed by four U shaped tubes, each with a branch of a one-centimeter diameter communicating with a capillary tube. The tubes are fixed on the same table and have a white celluloid graduated scale. The internal diameters of the capillary branches are different to verify the Borelli - Jurin's law. | |||
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Function To study the Archimedean principle in the gases. |
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Description The beam of a little balance carries a hollow brass sphere on one side and a little solid sphere of brass on the other side. At the normal atmospheric pressure the two weights are in equilibrium. In rarefied air the beam leans towards the sphere with greater volume. | |||
