Blaise Pascal duplicated Torricellis barometer using a red

Chapter 9, Problem 9.22

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Blaise Pascal duplicated Torricellis barometer using a red Bordeaux wine of density 984 kg/m3 as the working liquid (Fig. P9.22). What was the height h of the wine column for normal atmospheric pressure? Would you expect the vacuum above the column to be as good as for mercury?

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