An elementary treatise on mechanics, embracing the theory of statics and dynamics, and its applications to solids and fluids (1868)
Smith, Augustus W. (Augustus William), 1802-1866 · New York : Harper · leaf 265
ore betransmitted to the opposite side, EF, and will cause motion inthe equal piston Pl5 unless counterpoised by an opposite forceof one pound. If this counterpoise be applied, then, since theparticles move freely among each other without resistancefrom friction or cohesion, the particles in the… … 238 HYDROSTATICS. pressure of one pound. Hence both pistons P, and. P, willsustain the same pressure by the action of P,. Further, if the pistons P, and P were contiguous, or oneof them twice the size of P,, then it is obvious that a force oftwo pounds would be necessary to preserve the equilibrium…
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