Lynde, Carleton John, b. 1872 · New York : Macmillan · leaf 51
ise, and upward. This explains, for ex-ample, why the pressureat a tap is the same, nomatter whether it is at-tached to the top, bottom,or side of a pipe, providedthat in each position it isthe same distance belowthe water surface. The hydrostatic para-dox. Pressure independ-ent of volume. — A… … Fig. 18. — The pressure-at any point in aliquid is the same in all directions. MECHANICS. LIQUIDS 37 the weights are so adjusted that the pressure of the water forcesthe base off when it reaches a certain height. If then the cone-shaped vessel is replaced by the top shown in2, which has a much…
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