Philosophical instructor, or, Webster's elements of natural philosophy : subdivided into principles and illustrations ; intended for academies, medical schools, and the popular class-room (1824)
Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842, Webster, John, fl. 1804-1824 · Albany : Printed by Websters and Skinners ... · leaf 99
itation : fluids press equally in every direction.The force of solids is in proportion to the quantity ofmatter ; but the force of fluids is in proportion to thequantity and altitude. The pressure which the bottom of a vessel sustainsfrom the fluid contained in it, under every form of thevessel, is… … Illustration. From what has already been said,we find that the pressure amongst the particles of afluid at the same depth is every where equal. Then,if the base an.! height of the vessel ad, (Fig. 2.) be equal to the base andheigbt of a f, (Fig. 1.) the pressureon the base of the second is equal…
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