Andrews, Ernest John, 1863-, Howland, Howard Newell, 1865- joint author · New York, London, The Macmillan company · leaf 119
the depth and density of the liquid and the areaof the bottom, and is entirely independent of the shapeand size of the vessel. Figure 51 represents a piece of apparatus designed toprove this. It consists of several vessels of different sizesand shapes, having, however, bases of equal area, and… … Fig. 51. the weights which are to hold the bottom in position.With the same amount of weight in the scale pan it isfound that, when water is poured into the vessels, a, 5, andI c, it rises to the same ij^jLznznsiio) height in all before^ the bottom is pushed off and the waterbegins to run out.In…
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