Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Vacuum

V. V. V.,

Vac’uum Boylea’num.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


Vacuum

now means a space from which air has been expelled. Descartes says, “If a vacuum could be effected in a vessel the sides would be pressed into contact.” Galileo said, “Nature abhors a vacuum,” to account for the rise of water in pumps. (See POINT.)	1

V. V. V.,

Vac’uum Boylea’num.

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