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... units , can be made the subject of calculation . In problems relating to the equilibrium of fluids , an artificial mode of thought enables us to reduce such pro- blems to the form of statical problems , and we are thus enabled to employ ...
... units , can be made the subject of calculation . In problems relating to the equilibrium of fluids , an artificial mode of thought enables us to reduce such pro- blems to the form of statical problems , and we are thus enabled to employ ...
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... . The last two obtained the following results , employing a pressure of one atmosphere , that is 14 lbs . on a square inch , at the temperature 0o . Mercury Compression of unit of volume . Distilled water 99 Definition of a Fluid .
... . The last two obtained the following results , employing a pressure of one atmosphere , that is 14 lbs . on a square inch , at the temperature 0o . Mercury Compression of unit of volume . Distilled water 99 Definition of a Fluid .
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... unit of volume . Hence the law may be thus stated : where V - V ' ∞ p = μp , μ is different for different fluids . Thus for mercury , if p be measured by taking one atmo- spheric pressure as the unit , we have μ = .000005 . We shall ...
... unit of volume . Hence the law may be thus stated : where V - V ' ∞ p = μp , μ is different for different fluids . Thus for mercury , if p be measured by taking one atmo- spheric pressure as the unit , we have μ = .000005 . We shall ...
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... unit of area , supposing the pressure over the whole unit to be exerted at the same rate as it is at the point . In order to measure the pressure of a fluid at any point within its mass , imagine a small rigid plane placed so as to ...
... unit of area , supposing the pressure over the whole unit to be exerted at the same rate as it is at the point . In order to measure the pressure of a fluid at any point within its mass , imagine a small rigid plane placed so as to ...
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... unit of volume of the fluid , and p , p ' , p " for the measures of the pressures on the sides AC , CB , BA , these pressures are pbd , pad , and p'de , and the weight is abdw . Hence resolving vertically and horizontally , abw = p'a ...
... unit of volume of the fluid , and p , p ' , p " for the measures of the pressures on the sides AC , CB , BA , these pressures are pbd , pad , and p'de , and the weight is abdw . Hence resolving vertically and horizontally , abw = p'a ...
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