Fluids > Fluid Statics > Buoyancy DCS# 2B40.40

BUOYANT FORCE OF AIR

baroscope

APPARATUS
baroscope 202-16-D
big bell jar
101-03-
vacuum pump
101-13


DESCRIPTION
Large hollow sphere and small cylinder should be balanced in air.  Evacuate the bell jar and the scale tips toward the sphere in the absence of the buoyant force of air.

 NOTES

A small balloon inside the bell jar will serve as an indicator of atmospheric pressure.