Experimental science. Elementary, practical and experimental physics (1890)
Hopkins, George M. (George Milton), 1842-1902 · New York, Munn & co. · leaf 102
be applied to the pump piston, orthe diameter of the barrel, A, and its piston may be in-creased. LATERAL PRESSURES. In some experiments already described it was shownthat hydrostatic pressure is equallj distributed on all sidesof the containing vessel. Fig. 73 illustrates an experiment Fig. 73. … Reactionary Apparatus, in which are shown the effects of removing pressure from aportion of one side of the vessel, thus allowing the pressureto act upon the opposite side of the vessel in such a manneras to cause it to move. This experiment is arranged to showthis action in two ways, one so as to…
Physics · Lantern projection · Electric apparatus and appliances
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