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Scientific American, Vol. 24, No. 9 (1871) (1871)

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ssure on which is altogether motion, provided the load be sufficient to overcome the fric- the flame disappears, but the uninitiated spectator is startled downward to the amount of the entire column of water; but tion on the rollers. we already have a number of opposing upward forces, and when we… … balanced by the downward pressure of a bulk of water equal to that displaced by the floats in the tank, therefore if Now, to ascertain the quantity of this load in any particu- any motion should take place at all, it would be in an oppo- lat machine, it must be stated that it is found by experiment…

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