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EXPERIMENTAL GLASS BLOWING

 
A Nozzle
FIG. 48
A NOZZLE

suck air out of the nozzle. Have you made a beautiful fountain?
Magic Fountain Magic Fountain Magic Fountain Magic Fountain
FIG. 49 FIG. 50 FIG. 51 FIG. 52
YOU MAKE A NUMBER OF MAGIC
FOUNTAINS
Experiment 36. Magic.
    Make a nozzle 6 inches long out of No. 2 tube. Smooth the ends of the nozzle, and long tubes. Arrange the apparatus as in Fig. 50 and suck air out of the nozzle until the water runs in the siphon. Does the water squirt out of the nozzle in a magical manner?
Experiment 37. More magic.
    Arrange the No. 2 apparatus as in Fig. 51, with the nozzle inside the bottle. Now to start the apparatus; Fill the bottle about quarter full of water, insert the tubes in the stopper as shown; insert the stopper into the mouth of the bottle; invert the bottle; then put the short tube in a tumbler full of water and the long tube