Pretend you do not know Boyle's Law, and that you are looking for a relationship between the pressure and the volume (either the excess pressure or the total pressure).(Download a copy of the Boyle data in a spreadsheet file by clicking here.)
A B C D E height of air excess height of mercury height of mercury balancing atmosphere total height of mercury (volume) ("excess" pressure) (atmospheric pressure) (total pressure) 48 0 29.125 29.125 46 1.4375 29.125 30.5625 44 2.8125 29.125 31.9375 42 4.375 29.125 33.5 40 6.1875 29.125 35.3125 38 7.875 29.125 37 36 10.125 29.125 39.3125 34 12.5 29.125 41.625 32 15.0625 29.125 44.1875 30 17.9375 29.125 47.0625 28 21.1875 29.125 50.3125 26 25.1875 29.125 54.3125 24 29.6875 29.125 58.8125 23 32.1875 29.125 61.3125 22 34.9375 29.125 64.0625 21 37.9375 29.125 67.0625 20 41.5625 29.125 70.6875 19 45 29.125 74.125 18 48.75 29.125 77.875 17 53.6875 29.125 82.75 16 58.125 29.125 87.875 15 63.9375 29.125 93.0625 14 71.3125 29.125 100.4375 13 78.6875 29.125 107.8125 12 88.4375 29.125 117.5625
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