International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, Pa. : The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 378
are also transmitted laterally (sideways), and X.\\q pressure per unit ofarea on the projection b is a mean betiveen the two, andequals 1 X 1 X 17^ X the weight of a cubic inch of the liquid.To find the lateral pressure on the projection a, imaginethat the dotted line c is the bottom of the vessel,… … HYDROMECHANICS. 367 General Law for Lateral Pressure : 978. Rule.— Tliepressure tipon any vertical surface dueto the weight of a liquid is equal to the weight of a prismof the liquid whose base has the same area as the vertical sur-face^ and xvhose altitude is the depth of the center of gravityof.…
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