Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 137
not supported ; but if the body is less dense than the liquid, the downward pressureof the column < d will be less than the upward pressure exerted against it, and the body will float. This principle may be experimentally demonstrated by the hydrostatic balance, Fig. 2346. Froma balance, b, is… … 2:; IS 2317.
Mechanical engineering -- Dictionaries
Internet Archive · Boston Library Consortium · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
