Lynde, Carleton John, b. 1872 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 51
e, and upward. This explains, for ex-ample, why the pressureat a tap is the same, nomatter whether it is at-tached to the top, bottom,or side of a pipe, providedthat in each position it isthe same distance belowthe water surface. The hydrostatic para-dox. Pressure independ-ent of volume. — A… … FIG. 18. — The pressure at any point in aliquid is the same in all directions. MECHANICS. LIQUIDS the weights are so adjusted that the pressure of the water forcesthe base off when it reaches a certain height. If then the cone-shaped vessel is replaced by the top shown in2, which has a much smaller…
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