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Pressure of the Air

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URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193325
Date
1800-1899
Description
Two pages of an article describing the science of air pressure and its affect on balloons. A hand pulling up on a string attached to a suction cup on a piece of leather serves to illustrate the principle being explained. On the opposite page is an illustration of a hot air balloon.
 
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Subject
Mechanics, Air, Science -- Juvenile literature, Balloons (aircraft)
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No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
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