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3. Laboratory Notes by Professor Tait (d.) On the Relative Percentages of the Atmosphere and of the Ocean which would flow into a given Rent in the Earth's Surface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2014
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The note had reference to some sensational statements recently made under the the title “Are we drying up.” But it led also to a curious hydrostatical question as to the equilibrium arrangement of water poured into a shaft already full of air, and supposed to be so deep that in its lower parts the air is compressed to a density exceeding that of water. This suggested numerous questions, such as: What addition to the atmosphere would raise the sea from the earth's surface?
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