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 137
face. As the pressure upon the sides of a reservou* containing wa-ter increases with the depth, the walls of embankments, dams,canals, etc., are made broader or thicker at the bottom thanat the top (as in Fig. 114). For the same reason, in order torender a cistern equally strong throughout, more… … Why shouldnu embankmentbe made strong-er at ttie bot-tom than at thetop? HYDROSTATICS. 133 pressure on the side; for in this instance the surface sustains the •weight of acolumn equal in height to the whole depth, while the column of pressure uponthe side is only equivalent to one half the depth.…
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