Sauzay, A. (Alexandre), 1804-1870 · London, S. Low, son, and Marston · leaf 183
the tube. (See what is said of this in the article on Spun Glass, page 155.) To avoid returning to this subject, and before giving our entire attention to tubes destined for thermometers, we may mention that all straight tubes are made in the same manner ; but that the spiral tubes used in… … the tube at the end opposite to the reservoir is then plunged * By capillary, from the Latin capilhis, a hair, is designated a tube whose interior bore is not larger than a hair. t The reservoir, whether spherical or elongated, is a part added to the tube after the latter is made.
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