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 272
be of the same form. Hence thewhole normal pressure P will be P=I,gpxk=gplxk. Let x be the depth of the center of gravity of the immersedsurface below the surface of the fluid, and A its area. Then(29), Ax=lxk; ... Y=gpAx<xx. (138) Cor. Since gpAx is the weight of a prism of the fluid whosebase… … is the surface pressed, and height the depth of its center oigravity below the fluid surface, or, if the fluid be water,P=62.5 Ailbs. (139) 387. Prop. To find the pressure on any immersed surface orside of a vessel in a given direction. Let P be the normal pressure onthe inclined side, CDFE = A of…
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