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... determine the nature of the action which fluids exert upon each other and upon bodies with which they are in contact , and to ex- plain and classify , under general laws , the varied pheno- mena relating to fluids which are offered to ...
... determine the nature of the action which fluids exert upon each other and upon bodies with which they are in contact , and to ex- plain and classify , under general laws , the varied pheno- mena relating to fluids which are offered to ...
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... determining weights and measures . The Hydraulic Press and the Stereometer illustrate these extreme applications of the properties of fluids . The articles printed in smaller characters in the follow- ing chapters may if necessary be ...
... determining weights and measures . The Hydraulic Press and the Stereometer illustrate these extreme applications of the properties of fluids . The articles printed in smaller characters in the follow- ing chapters may if necessary be ...
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... determine the greatest fluid pressure which will not lift the lid . The resultant fluid pressure will evidently act at the centre of the circle , and therefore at a distance of th of an inch from A : hence if p be the greatest pressure ...
... determine the greatest fluid pressure which will not lift the lid . The resultant fluid pressure will evidently act at the centre of the circle , and therefore at a distance of th of an inch from A : hence if p be the greatest pressure ...
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... determine it at a point by taking a small mass of the fluid containing the point , and comparing its weight with that of an equal volume of the standard substance , it being conceived that in a very small continuous mass the density ...
... determine it at a point by taking a small mass of the fluid containing the point , and comparing its weight with that of an equal volume of the standard substance , it being conceived that in a very small continuous mass the density ...
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... determined by the previous formula M = pV . Thus , if volumes V , V , V " , ... of fluids whose densities are p , p ' , p " ... be mixed together , and if the mixture form a homogeneous mass , and no change of volume occur from chemical ...
... determined by the previous formula M = pV . Thus , if volumes V , V , V " , ... of fluids whose densities are p , p ' , p " ... be mixed together , and if the mixture form a homogeneous mass , and no change of volume occur from chemical ...
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1+at air-pump angle aperture atmospheric air atmospheric pressure axis vertical barometer base body Cambridge centre of gravity centre of pressure CHAPTER closed column compressed condensation cubic cubic foot curved surface cylinder cylindrical vessel density depth diameter displaced Edition elastic feet filled with liquid filled with water find the pressure fluid pressure force gases Geometrical given glass heat Hence horizontal plane hydrometer Hydrostatic inclined increase instrument latus rectum mass mercury mixture motion paraboloid particles pipe piston portion position of equilibrium prove pump quantity radius ratio resultant pressure resultant vertical pressure rotate shew side solid sound specific gravity sphere spherical square inch St John's College standard substance steam string suppose temperature tension Thermometer tion triangle Trinity College tube unit of weight upper valve vapour velocity vertex vertical cylinder vibrations whole pressure
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