The document describes three experiments that demonstrate how air occupies space and exerts pressure. The first experiment shows that a piece of paper placed in a test tube lowered into water remains dry because the air in the tube displaces the water. The second experiment involves boiling water in empty cans, which causes the air inside to be driven out, so when the cans are placed in cold water they collapse due to atmospheric pressure. The third experiment uses a candle to reduce the air pressure inside a bottle, allowing an egg that normally would not fit through the mouth to be pushed in by the higher outside pressure.