Assertion: atmospheric pressure | /r/CapableOf | force the mercury
Facets:
value: into the tube
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to a level
type: OTHER
value: to rise up the tube
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Atmospheric pressure forces the mercury to rise up the tube.
text: When the air pressure rises, it pushes the mercury higher.
text: He concluded that the atmospheric pressure is pushing the mercury up the tube because the level of the mercury is higher than its level in the container.
text: Atmospheric pressure then forced the mercury up into the tube to a level that was considerably higher than the mercury in the container.