A natural philosophy : embracing the most recent discoveries in the various branches of physics, and exhibiting the application of scientific principles in everyday life .. (1899)
Quackenbos, G. P. (George Payn), 1826-1881 · New York, Cincinnati [etc.], American book company · leaf 140
bjected to pressure, trans*mit it undiminished in all directions. Solids transmit pressure only in the line in which it isexerted; liquids transmit it in every direction. This isproved by experiment. In Fig. 145, A represents a glass vessel of water, to theneck of which a piston, B, is tightly… … 312. Second Law.—Liquids, influencedby gravity alone, press in all directions. Bore a hole in the bottom of a pail filled with water;the water rushes out—this proves its downward pressure. Bore a hole in the side of the same pail: the waterrushes out—this proves its lateral pressure. Bore a hole in…
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