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...filling thermometers. * Pascal announced the discovery of this principle in the following words, " If a vessel full of water closed on all sides has two openings, the one a hundred times ns large as the other, and if each he supplied wilh a piston which fits exactly, a man pushing the...

...called " Pascal's principle." In his celebrated treatise on the Equilibrium of Liquids, he says, " If a vessel full of water, closed on all sides, has...will equilibrate that of a hundred men pushing the piston which is a hundred times as large, I'ig. SI.— Principle of the Hydraulic Press. TRANSMISSIBILITY...

...opening, since each of these two inches of area receives a pressure equal to that which acts upon Fig. IS. P, the whole piston will receive a double pressure...will equilibrate that of a hundred men pushing the Pig. 49.— Pascal's Principle. piston which is a hundred times as large, and will overcome that of...

...subjected to an equal pressure on each of its two faces. Fig. 43. P, the whole piston will i^ceive a double pressure ; whence we see that in general...will equilibrate that of a hundred men pushing the Kg. 49.— Pascal'. Principle. piston which is a hundred times as large, and will overcome that of...

...called " Pascal's principle." In his celebrated treatise on the Equilibrium of Liquids, he says, " If a vessel full of water, closed on all sides, has...as the other, and if each be supplied with a piston wThich fits exactly, a man pushing the small piston will exert a force which will equilibrate that...

...filling thermometers. * Pascal announced the discovery of this principle in the following words : " If a vessel full of water closed on all sides has...pushing the small piston will exert a force which will balance that of a hundred men pushing the large one." FIG. 69. Principle of the Hydrostatic Press....

...the discovery of this principle in the Pia. 78. Principle of the Hydrostatic Press. following words: "If a vessel full of water closed on all sides has...pushing the small piston will exert a force which will balance that of a hundred men pushing the large one." The hydrostatic press (Fig. 79) utilizes the...

...discovery of this principle in the Fia. 78. Principle of the Hydrostatic Press. THE HYDROSTATIC PRESS. a man pushing the small piston will exert a force which will balance that of a hundred men pushing the large one." The hydrostatic press (Fig. 79) utilizes the...

...areas they will be proportional to the areas." Natural Philosophy, p. 86. And he quotes from Pascal: " If a vessel full of water, closed on all sides, has two openings, one a hundred times as large as the other, and if each be supplied with a piston which fits exactly,...