Well's natural philosophy : for the use of schools, academies and privte students, introducing the latest results of scientific discovery and research ; arranged with special reference to the practical application of physical science to the arts and the experiences of everyday life ; with three hundred and seventy-five engravings (1873)
Wells, David A · New York : Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Co. · leaf 130
other inland seas; and last of all, the waters of those lakes which have no outlet, asthe Dead Sea, Caspian, Great Salt Lake of Utah, etc. etc All natural waters contain air, and sometimes other gaseous substances. Fishes andother marine animals are dependent upon the air which water contains for… … 290. Liquids transmit pressure equally inall directions. This remarkable property constitutes a very characteristic;distinction between sohds and liquids; since solids transmitpressure only in one direction, viz., in the line of the direction of the force acting upon them, while hquids press…
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