Introductory course of natural philosophy for the use of schools and academies. Ed. from Ganot's popular physics. By William G. Peck (1869)
Ganot, Adolphe, 1804-1887, Peck, William Guy, 1820-1892 · New York A.S. Barnes · leaf 93
orrock which do not allow of the percolation of water. KK is anintermediate stratum of sand or gravel, which permits water topenetrate it. When a hole. J, is bored down to strike the water-bearing stratum, KK: the pressure of the water in the stratum forcesit up in a jet. The well of Grenelle, in… … Fig. 57. deep, and is fed by water coming from the hills of Champagne, whichare much higher than Paris. The supply of water from this well isimmense. Many Artesian wells have been sunk in our own country. i v. PRESSURE ON SUBMERGED BODIES. Principle of Archimedes. 86. If a body is submerged in a…
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