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The article states: ''fluid pressure increases above the atmospheric pressure''.  Can one say ''increases above''? I would have written ''increases to a level above''.--[[User:Paul Wormer|Paul Wormer]] 16:32, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
The article states: ''fluid pressure increases above the atmospheric pressure''.  Can one say ''increases above''? I would have written ''increases to a level above''.--[[User:Paul Wormer|Paul Wormer]] 16:32, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
::Paul, I changed the wording to read "becomes higher than the atmospheric pressure as the depth increases". Thanks for your comment and thanks for changing <math>P_i</math> to <math>P</math>. [[User:Milton Beychok|Milton Beychok]] 18:59, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
== example ==
Would methylchloride not be a better example? The normal boiling point of propane is off the graph. (I hope the timer does not screw up this comment)--[[User:Paul Wormer|Paul Wormer]] 17:42, 7 April 2009 (UTC) PS It took more half an hour before I saw it. And Milt the clock on your talk page says 9:14, while it is 12:05 (CA time) -[[User:Paul Wormer|Paul Wormer]] 18:05, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
:I made the change to methyl chloride as you suggested. [[User:Milton Beychok|Milton Beychok]] 18:55, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

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I believe that I contributed to the WP article. However, I have completely rewritten, reformatted and revised it before porting here to CZ. Milton Beychok 13:26, 2 September 2008 (CDT)

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I did not see the following edits which I made at about 17.30 UTC. Now I suddenly see them, note the times! --Paul Wormer 17:57, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

English?

The article states: fluid pressure increases above the atmospheric pressure. Can one say increases above? I would have written increases to a level above.--Paul Wormer 16:32, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Paul, I changed the wording to read "becomes higher than the atmospheric pressure as the depth increases". Thanks for your comment and thanks for changing to . Milton Beychok 18:59, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

example

Would methylchloride not be a better example? The normal boiling point of propane is off the graph. (I hope the timer does not screw up this comment)--Paul Wormer 17:42, 7 April 2009 (UTC) PS It took more half an hour before I saw it. And Milt the clock on your talk page says 9:14, while it is 12:05 (CA time) -Paul Wormer 18:05, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

I made the change to methyl chloride as you suggested. Milton Beychok 18:55, 7 April 2009 (UTC)