Bartlett, W. H. C. (William Holms Chambers), 1804-1893 · New York : Barnes · leaf 509
nerally, are examples. 504 NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. thickness of thesustaining wall ofa reservoir; Let A B CD be a section orprofile of the wall of a reser-voir, MN the upper surface ofthe water, and EE the bottom.Denote the length of the wallby I, the depth NE of the wateragainst its face, supposed… … pressure againstthe face; D.g.l.d* in which D is the density of the water, and g the force ofgravity. The inner surface of the wall being vertical, thispressure is exerted in a horizontal direction, and must beresisted by the wall. Now the wall, if it move at all, mayeither slide along its base D…
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