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Consider the barometer shown in figure (13-Q1). If a small hole is made at a point P in the barometer tube, will the mercury come out from this hole? 

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No. The pressure outside the hole is equal to the atmospheric pressure say P₀. The pressure inside the hole P is equal to P₀ - ρgh (where h is the height of the hole above the reservoir level). So P < P₀. Since the outer pressure is more the mercury will not come out of the hole.



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