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Title: Oersted Piezometer
Date Created and/or Issued: 1850-1890
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Publication Information: Santa Clara University Library, Archives & Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Santa Clara University
Collection: Santa Clara University Archives ClaraVision Photograph Collection
Rights Information: Permission to copy or publish any portion of SCU Archives materials must be given by Santa Clara University Library, Archives & Special Collections.
Description: The Oersted Piezometer was used to determine the coefficient of the compressibility of liquids. Gases would have been pumped into the chamber through the funnel at the top. The pressure of the gases would have been measured via the water barometer inside the main glass tube.
Type: image
Format: image
Identifier: http://content.scu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/claravision/id/254
Language: English
Subject: Scientific apparatus and instruments
Santa Clara University (Calif.)
Piezometer
Place: Santa Clara (Calif.)
Source: sci.inst.RB.15
Relation: Santa Clara College 19th Century Scientific Instruments Collection

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