Natural philosophy. including statics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, dynamics, hydrodynamics, the general theory of undulations, the science of sound, the mechanical theory of music, etc. : designed for the use of normal and grammar schools, and the higher classes in common schools (1861)
Sangster, John Herbert, 1831-1904 · Montreal : J. Lovell · leaf 87
uppliedwith a strong forc-ing pump s\ andthe larger onewith a tightly fit-ting piston S, at-tached to a firmplatform or stronghead P. Both thecylinders and thecommunicatingtube contain wa-ter, and whendownward pressure is applied tojtbe water in the smallercylinder, by means of the attached forcing… … A3lT8.184,185.] HTDEOSTATICS. 85 For example, if the smaller cylinder have an area of half a square inch,and the large cylinder an area of 500 square inches then the upwardpressure iu the latter will be 1000 times as great as the downward pressurein the former. 184. BramaVs Hydrostatic Press is…
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