A full‐scale re‐enactment of an historic experiment carried out by Pascal in 1646 to demonstrate the principles of barometric pressure to an outdoor audience can provide a dramatic event today for a university open day or a town festival. The script for such a performance is given together with practical details for its production.
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© 1995 American Association of Physics Teachers.
1995
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