Snow, Benjamin Warner, 1860- · Madison, Wis. · leaf 176
the pistons move are inversely as their areas. 161. PrcEsure due to Gravity—The Surface of a Liquid isNormal to the Resultant Force. When we now consider thepressure upon a liquid due to gravity, that is, to its own weight,the first point apparent is the fact that the surface of theliquid is… … T///n>^;;n^/^^^^^r///:f>^///r^7/)T/7^//yy face is acted upon by theforce of gravity, and thisforce may be resolved intotwo components, one actingparallel to the surface, andthe other perpendicularthereto, and of these, thecomponent parallel to thesurface would cause the par-ticle of liquid to…
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