Why dies a small quantity of air introduced into the top of
the barometer tube depress the level of mercury ?
Answer Posted / kavita saxena
In a barometer there should be perfect vacuume above the mercury level at the to of the glass tube. If air is introduced into it, it will exert a downward pressure and the mercury level will fall
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