Assertion: siphon | /r/AtLocation | vacuum
Facets:
value: upon the cohesive forces
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The action depends upon the influence of gravity (not, as sometimes thought, on the difference in atmospheric pressure; a siphon will work in a vacuum) and upon the cohesive forces that prevent the columns of liquid in the legs of the siphon from breaking under their own weight.
text: The action depends upon the influence of gravity (not, as sometimes thought, on the difference in atmospheric pressure; a siphon will work in a vacuum) and upon the cohesive forces that prevent the columns of liquid in the legs of the siphon from breaking under their own weight.
text: — a siphon will work in a vacuum) and upon the cohesive forces that prevent the columns of liquid in the legs of the siphon from breaking under their own weight.
text: What’s more, the claim that a siphon will work in a vacuum seemed questionable, since given a strong enough vacuum, any liquid will eventually evaporate away.