Gage, Alfred P. (Alfred Payson), 1836-1903 · Boston, London, Ginn · leaf 159
periment 1. — Fill the glass globe andcylinder (Fig. 103) with water, and thrustthe piston into the cylinder. Jets of waterwill he thrown not only from that aperturea in the globe toward which the pistonmoves and the pressure is exerted, but fromall the apertures. If a finger be placed loosely… … Fig. 103. TRANSMISSION OF PEESSUEE. 143 force, but that it is transmitted equally to all parts and in alldirections. When pressure is exerted upon a solid, on account of itsrigidity it is incapable of transmitting the pressure in otherthan the direction in which it is pressed. With fluids it…
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