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atmo
noun 2
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1
The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements and calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0° Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in
1880? William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Heat under a constant pressure of one atmo
In this case, at a pressure of one atmo, the quantity of gas absorbed by one gramme of water is .875 gramme at 0°C.
2
Clipping of atmosphere
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1880? William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Heat under a constant pressure of one atmo
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In this case, at a pressure of one atmo, the quantity of gas absorbed by one gramme of water is .875 gramme at 0°C.
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Now the above change of ratio is established at a pressure about 2.5/10⁶ atmo as given by log. dec., when the mean free path of a molecule of air ought to be about 10⁶ × .00001 ÷ 2.5 centim. or 4 cent
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