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... treatise on the mathematical doctrine of Fluids , would , if composed with a due reference to the necessities of students , be not without its utility . Having been accordingly induced to enter upon this work , I have pro- posed to ...
... treatise on the mathematical doctrine of Fluids , would , if composed with a due reference to the necessities of students , be not without its utility . Having been accordingly induced to enter upon this work , I have pro- posed to ...
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... treatise under an entirely new form . CAMBRIDGE , September 24 , 1847 . WILLIAM WALTON . N.B. - A table of Errata , should one be found requisite , is intended to be published in November 1848 . TABLE OF CONTENTS . HYDROSTATICS ...
... treatise under an entirely new form . CAMBRIDGE , September 24 , 1847 . WILLIAM WALTON . N.B. - A table of Errata , should one be found requisite , is intended to be published in November 1848 . TABLE OF CONTENTS . HYDROSTATICS ...
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... treatise , Stevin illustrates his conceptions of fluid action by the discussion of the following question , which , as having relation to the fundamental principles of the transmission of hydrostatical pressure , and as serving to ...
... treatise , Stevin illustrates his conceptions of fluid action by the discussion of the following question , which , as having relation to the fundamental principles of the transmission of hydrostatical pressure , and as serving to ...
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... treatise entitled Περὶ τῶν ὀχουμένων , the original of which is no longer extant . The Latin translation by Tartaglia of this remarkable work , by which our knowledge of the hydrostatical discoveries of Archimedes has been pre- served ...
... treatise entitled Περὶ τῶν ὀχουμένων , the original of which is no longer extant . The Latin translation by Tartaglia of this remarkable work , by which our knowledge of the hydrostatical discoveries of Archimedes has been pre- served ...
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... treatise entitled , in the edition of Tartalea's Translation by Commandine , De iis quæ vehuntur in aquâ . 1. To ascertain whether a segment of a sphere , floating with its vertex downwards , is in a position of stable or of unstable ...
... treatise entitled , in the edition of Tartalea's Translation by Commandine , De iis quæ vehuntur in aquâ . 1. To ascertain whether a segment of a sphere , floating with its vertex downwards , is in a position of stable or of unstable ...
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Albert Girard altitude angular velocity aperture axem axes axis vertical base Bernoulli body Bossut Bossut Traité Cambridge centre of gravity centre of pressure coinciding cone cos² cube Daniel Bernoulli denote the density denote the length depth determine distance dx dy Edition efflux elastic equal equation filled with fluid floating fluid displaced force free surface given hemisphere Hence humidum Hydrodynamique immersed vertically inclination incompressible fluid James Bernoulli lamina late Fellow latus rectum motion parabola parallel particles portion position of equilibrium position of rest problem quæ ratio required pressure resultant pressure right angles sesquialterum sin² small orifice solid cylinder specific gravity sphere supposed tangent Treatise triangle Trinity College unit of pressure University of Cambridge vertex vertical line vessel volume weight whole pressure
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