A textbook on mechanical and electrical engineering (1898)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton : International Textbook Co., [1898-99] · leaf 394
ed in practicalcalculations. 981. In Fig. IGo, let the area of the piston ahel squareinch; of d, 40 square inches. Accordingto Pascals law, 1 pound placed upon awill balance 40 pounds placed upon d. Suppose that a moves downwards 10inches; then, 10 cubic inches of waterwill be forced into the tube… … ^^ro 4 of an inch; that is, a move- FiG. 165. ment of 10 inches of the piston a will cause a movement of^ of an inch of the piston If. Here is the old principle of machines: TJicpower vmlti-plied by the distance tJirougJi. ivJiich it moves equals the weightimiltiplied by the distance tJirougJi…
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