Elementary Hydrostatics: With Numerous ExamplesMacmillan and Company, 1866 - 155 pages |
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... units of force : hence if P be the pressure which the fluid exerts upon this surface A , since the pressure is uniform , and therefore the actual pressure upon each unit is P , the pressure upon the A units must be A times p , or P = pA ...
... units of force : hence if P be the pressure which the fluid exerts upon this surface A , since the pressure is uniform , and therefore the actual pressure upon each unit is P , the pressure upon the A units must be A times p , or P = pA ...
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... unit of area α , of the piston 4 , has caused the same additional pressure upon every unit of area in each of the other pistons . In this way may the truth of the principle enunciated be verified . COR . It follows from this that the ...
... unit of area α , of the piston 4 , has caused the same additional pressure upon every unit of area in each of the other pistons . In this way may the truth of the principle enunciated be verified . COR . It follows from this that the ...
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... unit of volume , if the fluid throughout that volume were of the same density as at the proposed point , and the mass contained in a unit of volume of some homogeneous standard substance . Thus if V be the volume of the mass M in the ...
... unit of volume , if the fluid throughout that volume were of the same density as at the proposed point , and the mass contained in a unit of volume of some homogeneous standard substance . Thus if V be the volume of the mass M in the ...
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... unit of weight ; .. putting V1 , p = 1 , the weight of the volume unity of any substance , of which the density is unity , equals g times the unit of weight . Hence , the unit of weight assumed in formula ( 2 ) equals the gth part of ...
... unit of weight ; .. putting V1 , p = 1 , the weight of the volume unity of any substance , of which the density is unity , equals g times the unit of weight . Hence , the unit of weight assumed in formula ( 2 ) equals the gth part of ...
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... unit of weight ; it follows , that .. putting V = 1 , S = 1 , the weight of a volume unity of a substance of which the specific gravity is unity equals the unit of weight ; or the assumed unit , in terms of which W is given in equation ...
... unit of weight ; it follows , that .. putting V = 1 , S = 1 , the weight of a volume unity of a substance of which the specific gravity is unity equals the unit of weight ; or the assumed unit , in terms of which W is given in equation ...
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