Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de, 1749-1827, Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838, Bowditch, N. I. (Nathaniel Ingersoll), 1805-1861 · Boston, Hillard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins · leaf 1168
a downward direction, or towards the interior part oithe fluid; z= the extreme value of z, or the whole height of the column EA, which [10279]is raised by the disk. and then extracting the square root, we get z, as in [10281], neglecting the third andhigher powers of a~*. We must not use the value… … :Fitj.l70. where a glass disJc, whose figure is that of aright cylinder with a circular base, is dippedinto a vessel of water, to a considerabledepth, and then gradually raised up in avertical direction; taking care that the opera-tion is performed witli sufficient steadiness toenable the fluid on…
Celestial mechanics · Tides · Capillarity
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