Under Pressure
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In this video we replicate Pascal's famous experiment that showed atmospheric pressure was due to the column of the weight of the air above. To test this we build a simple pressure measuring device, make measurements around Boston, and then use the ideal gas law to calculate the pressures we measured. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://k12videos.mit.edu/terms-conditions
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