The elements of natural and experimental philosophy .. (1834)
Phillips, R. (Richard), Sir, 1767-1840, Smith, E. A · New York, M'Elrath, Bangs & Herbert · leaf 72
1 HYDROSTATICS. W fluids or of solids, he does not feel any remarkable inconveniencefrom such a pressure. XCV. The horizontal bottom of a vessel sus-tains the pressure of a column of the fluid, thebase of which is the bottom of the vessel, andthe perpendicular height equal to the depth olthe fluid;… … Exp. 1. In the vessel a b, Fig. 29, the bottom c 6 does not sus-tain a pressure equal to the quantity of the whole fluid, but onlyof a column, whose base is c b, and height b a. ■2. In the vessel f g, Fig. 30, the bottom g sustains a pressureequal to what it would be if the vessel was as wide at…
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