The elements of natural philosophy : copiously illustrated by familiar experiments and containing descriptions of instruments, with directions for using : designed for the use of schools and academies (1856)
Sprague, A. W. (Alfred White), 1821-1891 · Boston : Phillips, Sampson & Company · leaf 64
t at theother opening.* * Owing to the speed and facility with which liquids transmit a pressureupon them, tubes filled with water have been in some instances employed for transmitting signals between places separated by a distance of several miles. • Define Hydrostatics. State the proposition in… … The Hydrostatic Press acts on this principle. This won-derful machine may be illustrated byPTHI Fig. 30. In a small cylinder, A B,J moves the piston of a forcing-pump ;this connects, through a tube leadingfrom its side at B, with a much largercylinder, CD. In this moves also apiston, having the…
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