Smith, J. Hamblin (James Hamblin), 1829-1901 · Toronto : A. Miller · leaf 39
eAction of Fluids. b^. Whex a body is wholly or partially immersed in a fluid,it is a general principle of Hydrostatics that the resultantpressure of the find on the surface of the hodij is equrd to theweight of the fluid displaced. This principle we shall provefor two cases in Articles 57 and 61.… … Let A be a body floating in a fluid and wholly immersedin it. ON THE COr^DITIONS OF EQUILIBRIUM &^c. 3 1 Imagine the body removed and the vacant space filled withfluid of the samq kind as that in wliich the body floated Then suppose this substituted fluid to become solid. The pressure at each…
Hydrostatics
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