Gage, Alfred P. (Alfred Payson), 1836-1903, Fessenden, C · Toronto : W.J. Gage · leaf 89
umn of molecules ac, and tlie downwardpressure upon b is the weight of the cohmnibd. Now, since the pressure at a given depthis equal in all directions, bd and nc representthe lateral pressures at the points b and a respectively. But bdis greater than ac; hence, the molecules a and 6, and those… … ARTESIAN WELLS, ETC. 73 a, till there is equilibrium of forces, which will only occur whenthe points a and b are eiiually distant from the surface ; or, inother words, there loill be no rest till all points in the surface areon the same horizontal level. This fact is commouly expressed thus: Water…
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