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 134
HYDROSTATICS. 129 What is theprinciple andaction of theHydrostaticBellows ? The principle that the pressure exerted by a column ofwater is as its height, and not as its quantity, may be alsoillustrated by the Hydrostatic Bellows, Fig. 109. This con-sists of two boards, B C and D E, united together… … tical pipe, T, attached to the side communicateswith the interior of the bellows. Heavy weights,W W, are placed upon the top of the bellowswhen empty. If water be poured into the verti-cal pipe, the top of the beUows, with the weightsupon it, will be hfted up by the pressure of thewater beneath;…
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