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Elements of mechanics: for the use of colleges, academies, and high schools (1859)

Peck, William G. (William Guy), 1820-1892 · New York, A. S. Barnes & Burr · leaf 240

An illustration from Elements of mechanics: for the use of colleges, academies, and high schools, 1859, leaf 240 — of weight, without impairingthe validity of the conclusions. Principle of Equal Pressures. 154. From the nature and constitution of a fluid, it fol-lows, that each of its particles is perfectly movable in alldirections. From this fact, we deduce the following funda-mental law, viz.: If a fluid is… … MECHANICS OF LIQUIDS. 237 it would yield in that direction, and motion would ensue,which is contrary to the hypothesis. This is called the principle of equal pressures. It follows, from the principle of equal pressures, that ifany point of a fluid in equilibrium, be pressed by any force,thai…

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