Handy man's workshop and laboratory . while in the opposite end a small hole is cut bymeans of a file. A glass marble is placedin the tube, and serves as a valve to closethe opening. Through the cork theshorter leg of the siphon is run, and alsoa small bent tube. The outer end of thelatter tube is placed in the mouth, andon blowing into the test tube the com-pression serves to close the valve and atthe same time force the liquid throughthe siphon. As soon as the pressure isrelieved, the liquid in the vessel will flowup through the opening in the test tube,and continue running off through the s
Handy man's workshop and laboratory . while in the opposite end a small hole is cut bymeans of a file. A glass marble is placedin the tube, and serves as a valve to closethe opening. Through the cork theshorter leg of the siphon is run, and alsoa small bent tube. The outer end of thelatter tube is placed in the mouth, andon blowing into the test tube the com-pression serves to close the valve and atthe same time force the liquid throughthe siphon. As soon as the pressure isrelieved, the liquid in the vessel will flowup through the opening in the test tube,and continue running off through the si-phon. The shorter leg of the siphon ex-tends to within a short distance of theball valve, so as to limit the motion of the latter, and prevent itfrom striking the glass with a blow sufficiently hard to break it. HOW TO OBTAIN FRESH WATER FROM SEA WATER A common method of getting salt from sea water is to placethe liquid in shallow vats, and expose it to the sun until thewater is evaporated. Someone has suggested that the same pro-. Fig. 161—Starting devicefor siphons
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