The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-01-21
FEW EXPERIMENTS FOR HOME
Dull Winter Evenings Can Be WhIIed
Away Pleasantly and ProfftabIy
Inventions Amaze.

Many a dull winter evening can be
whiled away pleasantly and prohtably
by making experiments OF various
kinds. Many of these will be found to
be very interesting and amusing. A
list OF experiments, with instructions
how to conduct them, may be found in
any textbook on the science Of ply
sizes, but these often imply a thor
ough scientific knowledge of the sub
ject at hand, as well as expensive ap-
paratus. Still, very many experiments
can be made with comparatively
cheap apparatus, and a little expe-
rience in this line will make it pos
sible for you to invent experiments
Of your own, with which to delight or
amaze your friends. Some easy ex-
periments are given below:
Experiment place a lighted can
die in a goblet. After it has burned
a few seconds place over the top of
a hole cut in the middle. Then press
down upon this paper another glass,
inverted. The paper will make the
two glasses fit together very tightly.
In a very short time the candle will
go out for want Of air, and 1t will be
found that the two glasses will stick
together very tightly, so that the up
per can lift the lower. Indeed, 1t will
require considerable force to sepa-
rate the glasses thus Joined. This is
due to the fact that some of the air
inside, heated by the candle, has risen
out of the glass. so that the pressure
outside is greater than that within,
thus making the glasses adhere firm
1y.
Experiment PA simple air pump
can be made by using large glass
jar or bottle. Close the mouth Of this
with a tight rubber stopper Through
this pass piece of gIess tubing, to
the upper end of which fasten a piece
Of rubber tubing about two inches
long, making a continuous connection
to the inside of the Jar from without.
Exhaust the air from your lungs, ap-
sly your mouth to the end of the rub
Der tube, and draw in with your
breath, taking the air from the jar.
Pinch the tube closely with your fng.
ers, to prevent the air from re-enter-
ing the jar, and repeat this process
the jar. If the air is to be kept out
Of the jar for any length of time tie
stout piece of fine cord tightly
around the tube, or if possible fasten
a pinchcock to the tube, so that the
air may be released or retained at
will
Experiment 3-Put into this jar q
small, wide-mouth j bottle, such as a
vaseline bottle, with a piece OF thin
rubber cloth tied over the top. Upon
exhausting the air this cloth will
bulge up like a balloon. This is
caused by the air trying to get out Of
the bottle, owing to the tightening Of
the pressure above it when the air
in the jar has been removed.
Experiment EInstead of exhaust
ing the air, condense it by forcing the
air into the Jar. pinching the rubber
tube between breaths, as before. The
rubber cloth on the small bottle will
then bulge inward, owing to the in
creased pressure above it.
Experiment fireplace the short
glass tube with longer one. Exhaust
the air, as before. Then, with the
rubber tube closed, hold the lar I'D
side down and put the end of the tube
in a glass Of water. On releasing the
air in the jar, through the tube, the
water viii squirt up through the tube
into the bottle, making a little foun-
tain This is because the pressure
of the air on the surface of the water
in the bowl forces 1t up into the lar.
where the pressure Is less