Hydraulic engineering; a practical treatise on the principles of water pressure and flow and their application to the development of water power, including the calculation, design and construction of water wheels, turbines, and other details of hydraulic power plants (1909)
American School (Chicago, Ill.), Black, Adolph, Turneaure, Frederick Eugene, 1866- · Chicago American School of Correspondence · leaf 33
e 5. Jlor. couip, = 46.87) lb.; Vert. comp. = 15.<)25 11). Ans.. 4. How far from A is the center of pressure in example 3 ?The length of AB = 31.02 ft. Use e(piation (12). 18.97 ft. Ans.14. Buoyant Effect of Water on Submerged Bodies. If abody AB, Fig 20, be sul)merged, the water exerts an… … Fig. 20. of a volume of water equal to that of the body AB, It is plainthat this must be so, for if AB be replaced by water, the water wouldtend neither to rise nor fall, that is, it would be just supported bythe surroundincr in-essures. Hence the followint^ well-known law: 77/1-^ ireigld of a hod…
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