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" ... equal to the depth of its centre of gravity below the surface of the fluid. "
Alma Mater, Or, Seven Years at the University of Cambridge - Page 315
by John Martin Frederick Wright - 1827
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A Collection of Cambridge Mathematical Examination Papers: Papers in the ...

John Martin Frederick Wright - Astronomy - 1831 - 282 pages
...measure of the accelerative force of gravity, h the depth below the surface, and /> the density ? 3. The pressure of a fluid against any surface in a direction...centre of gravity below the surface of the fluid. 4. The pressure of a fluid downwards against the sides and bottom of any vessel whatever, is the weight...
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The Elements of Hydrostatics and Hydrodynamics

William Hallows Miller - Fluid dynamics - 1831 - 124 pages
...62), or the pressure on the base of the truncated cone BAA'B' (fig. 63) ; the area of the base and the depth of its centre of gravity below the surface of the fluid being the same in each case. 118. A hollow sphere is just filled with fluid; to compare the pressure...
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The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopędia, Volume 1

Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 1836 - 814 pages
...general, that the pressure of a fluid against any surface, in a direction perpendicular to it, vanes as the area of the surface multiplied into the depth of its centre of gravity. From this we see that the pressure against the four sides and bottom of a cubical vessel is equal to...
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Mathematical Problems and Examples, Arranged According to Subjects, from the ...

Mathematics - 1836 - 366 pages
...of a column of fluid whose base is the area of the surface pressed, and altitude the perpendicular depth of its centre of gravity below the surface of the fluid ; and find the whole pressure on the surface of a spherical segment filled with fluid. 93. If a floating...
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The American Statistical Arithmetic: Designed for Academies and Schools

Francis Henney Smith - Arithmetic - 1845 - 710 pages
...of a fluid against any surfare, in a direction perpendicular to it, is as Hie ares of the Ktirfoce, multiplied into the depth of its centre of gravity below the surface of the fluid, multiplied into the specific gravity of the fluid ; and is ,". equal to the weight of a cylinder of...
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Principles of the Mechanics of Machinery and Engineering: Theoretical ...

Julius Ludwig Weisbach - Mechanical engineering - 1847 - 664 pages
...one part of the wall of the vessel is proportional to the product of its vertical projection and td the depth of its centre of gravity below the surface of the water, consequently the horizontal pressure on a part of the wall of the vessel is exactly equal in...
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The Principles and Practice of Statics and Dynamics, Embracing a Clear ...

T. Baker - Dynamics - 1851 - 172 pages
...weight of a column of the fluid, the base of which is the surface pressed, and the height equal to the depth of its centre of gravity below the surface of the fluid. Let the whole surface S be divided into an indefinite number of parts s, s', &c., the distances of...
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Principles and Practice of Statics and Dynamics: Embracing a Clear ...

Thomas Baker - Dynamics - 1851 - 188 pages
...weight of a column of the fluid, the base of which is the surface pressed, and the height equal to the depth of its centre of gravity below the surface of the fluid. Let the whole surface S be divided into an indefinite number of parts *, s', &c., the distances of...
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The principles and practice of statics and dynamics

Thomas Baker (C.E.) - 1851 - 168 pages
...weight of a column of the fluid, the base of which is the surface pressed, and the height equal to the depth of its centre of gravity below the surface of the fluid. Let the whole surface S be divided into an indefinite number of parts s, s', &c., the distances of...
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Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature, and Art, Volume 1

Johann Georg Heck - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1851 - 712 pages
...liquid, whose horizontal base is equal to the area of the portion in question, and whose altitude is the depth of its centre of gravity below the surface of the liquid. Fig. 5 illustrates the pressure upon the different points of the vertical side of a vessel....
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