PASCALS DEMONSTRATION EXPERIMENT - WEIGHING THE ATMOSPHERE

Authors
BROWN JB DORE JC ISENBERG C ROGERS SJ
Citation
Jb. Brown et al., PASCALS DEMONSTRATION EXPERIMENT - WEIGHING THE ATMOSPHERE, American journal of physics, 63(10), 1995, pp. 886-888
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
American journal of physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029505
Volume
63
Issue
10
Year of publication
1995
Pages
886 - 888
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9505(1995)63:10<886:PDE-WT>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A full-scale re-enactment of an historic experiment carried out by Pas cal in 1646 to demonstrate the principles of barometric pressure to an outdoor audience can provide a dramatic event today for a university open day or a town festival. The script for such a performance is give n together with practical details for its production. (C) 1995 America n Association of Physics Teachers.