A text book of physics, for the use of students of science and engineering (1918)
Duncan, John, d. 1941, Starling, Sydney George, 1873- · London Macmillan · leaf 286
nder, and nicely fitted so as to prevent leakage takingplace between the piston and the walls of the cylinder. The vesselA and the portion of the cylinder below the piston are full of liquid.The piston carries a load the weight of which is P, and the area ofthe piston is a square units. It is… … * t 1 1 1 H i 1 b ; — ■= = fa) (b) FIG. 286.—Pressure produced by a loaded piston. 1 a 262 DYNAMICS chap. It is immaterial whether this pressure is produced by means of aloaded piston, as in Fig. 286 (a), or by means of a column of liquid,as shown in Fig. 286 (b). If H is the head required to…
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