Johnson's natural philosophy and key to philosophical charts : illustrated with 500 cuts; being reduced photographic copies of all the diagrams contained in the author's philosophical series of indestructible school charts ; for the use of schools and families (1878)
ater than the sum of the two shortcolumns, though no water has been added. This is owing to the fiict that in the upper part of the vessel someof the dow?iward pressure is supported by the slanting sides, as shownby the arrows; while in the lower part, the pressure on the base isincreased by the… … S4: HYDROSTATICS. •on the base of this central figure will equal the dotted column ex-tending the whole height of the vessel. If now the upper part of thisTessel be filled, there will be a certain amount of pressure on the faucet,but if the faucet be opened it will add no pressure to the base of…
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