Elementary treatise on physics, experimental and applied : for the use of colleges and schools (1906)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, Edmund, 1831-1901, Reinold, A. W. (Arnold William), 1843-1921 · New York : Wood · leaf 111
ton ; this pressurewill be transmitted to the water andto the large piston, and as this pres-sure amounts to two pounds on eachporiio7i of its surface equal to that ofthe smallpisto?7, the large piston mustbe exposed to an upward pressurethirty times as much, or of sixtypounds. If now this weight… … Fig. 77 ./s whence P =<--.s If instead of P SP and p the correspondmg loads, then = P ^ being weightless the piston/ weighs (say) one pound and the piston P tenpounds, it will be necessary to put a weight of fifty pounds on P to balanceone pound put on p. It is important to observe that in…
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