Mathematical and Physical Papers, Volume 2University Press, 1883 - Hydrodynamics |
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... portions of a fluid , separated by an imaginary plane , is normal to the surface of separation . This hypothesis forms in fact the mathematical definition of a fluid . The equality of pressure in all directions is in reality not an inde ...
... portions of a fluid , separated by an imaginary plane , is normal to the surface of separation . This hypothesis forms in fact the mathematical definition of a fluid . The equality of pressure in all directions is in reality not an inde ...
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... portion of fluid and partly on the fluid at the other side of the parallelepiped . Now , the pressure arising directly from molecular forces , this imposes a re- striction on the diminution of the parallelepiped , namely that its edges ...
... portion of fluid and partly on the fluid at the other side of the parallelepiped . Now , the pressure arising directly from molecular forces , this imposes a re- striction on the diminution of the parallelepiped , namely that its edges ...
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... portion of it limited by the boundaries of the fluid , after being refracted at the two surfaces of the prism enters the object - glass with an unbroken front . The front is here called unbroken , because the modification which the wave ...
... portion of it limited by the boundaries of the fluid , after being refracted at the two surfaces of the prism enters the object - glass with an unbroken front . The front is here called unbroken , because the modification which the wave ...
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... portions passing through the several elements are supposed to have no relation to each other . The light would now be diffused over a comparatively large portion of the screen , so that a point P which was formerly in darkness might now ...
... portions passing through the several elements are supposed to have no relation to each other . The light would now be diffused over a comparatively large portion of the screen , so that a point P which was formerly in darkness might now ...
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... portion of the incident light retarded , by passing through a plate bounded by parallel surfaces , and having its edge parallel to the length of the aperture . Suppose the unretarded stream to occupy a breadth h of the aperture at one ...
... portion of the incident light retarded , by passing through a plate bounded by parallel surfaces , and having its edge parallel to the length of the aperture . Suppose the unretarded stream to occupy a breadth h of the aperture at one ...
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