Hawkins, N. (Nehemiah), 1833- · New York : Theo. Audel · leaf 81
larheight as before, but inclined as is Fig. (2); then its quantity,and of course its weight, is increased in the same ratio as itslength exceeds its height; but since the column is partly sup-ported by the plane, like any other heavy body, the force ofgravity acting upon it is diminished on this… … Elementary Hydraulics. 83 of the inclined plane; and the pressure on any part of Cc willbe, as before, proportioned to its perpendicular depth; andthe pressure of the inclined column ACac will be the same as<hat of the perpendicular column ABCD. Fluids rise to the same level in the opposite anus…
Hydraulic machinery · Pumping machinery
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