Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 679
dy of water having for its base the surfaceof the opening of the tube, its depth being the distancefrom the cardboard to the level of the water. Syringes, pumps, etc., are the effects of atmosphericpressure. Balloons rise in the air by means of the pressureof gas ; a balloon being a body plunged in… … Demonstration of the upward pressure of liquids. having read a very useful application of the principles offluid pressure. A horse was laden with two tubs for carrying a supplyof water, and in the bottom of the tubs a valve was fixed..When the horse entered the stream the tubs were partlyimmersed ;…
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