 | Charles James - English language - 1805 - 1236 pages
...fluid is as the square of the velocity; and putting r~ velocity in feet in a second ; it is equal to the weight of a column of the fluid, whose base is the plane, and height — . And in a globe 64 it is but half so much. 5. As to the mechanic powers, the... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1807 - 464 pages
...275. Carol. 3. The pressure of a fluid against any upright surface, as the gate of a sluice or canal, is equal to half the weight of a column of the fluid whose base is equal to the surface pressed, and its altitude the same as the altitude of that surface. For the pressure... | |
 | William Marrat - Mechanics - 1810 - 512 pages
...were a plane surface moving perpendicularly in a fluid, the resistance against it would be equal to the weight of a column of the fluid whose base is the surface resisted, and altitude the space through which a body must fall from rest, in vacuo, to acquire »... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 442 pages
...3. Coral. 3. The pressure of a fluid against any upright surface, as the gate of a sluice or canal, is equal to half the weight of a column of the fluid whose base is equal to the surface pressed, and its altitude the same as the altitude of that surface. For the pressure... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 494 pages
...Real Resistance to a Plane, by a Fluid acting in a Direction perpendicular to its Face, is tqual to the Weight of a Column of the Fluid, -whose Base is the Plane, and Altitude equal to that -which is due to the Velocity of the Motion, or through -which a... | |
 | Isaac Dalby - Mathematics - 1813 - 538 pages
...act against a plane in a perpendicular direction, the real or absolute force on the plane is equal to the weight of a column of the fluid whose base is the plane, and height equal to the height through which a heavy body must descend from rest by its own... | |
 | William Dealtry - Calculus - 1816 - 492 pages
...opposed to a plane surface moving in a fluid, in a direction perpendicular to the plane, is equal to the weight of a column of the fluid, whose base is the area of the plane, and height the space through which a body must fall by gravity to acquire its velocity.... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1816 - 618 pages
...the pressure of a fluid against any upright surface, as the gate of a sluice or canal, is equal vo half the weight of a column of the fluid, whose base is equal to the surface pressed, and its altitude the same as that of the surface. Or, by art. 314 of... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 680 pages
...this volume) the pressure of a fluid against any upright surface, as the gate of a sluice or canal, is equal to half the weight of a column of the fluid, whose base is equal to the surface pressed, and its altitude the same as that of the surface. Or, by art. 314 of... | |
 | John Robison - Astronomy - 1822 - 766 pages
...falling perpendicularly on an infinitely extended plane surface. This he demonstrates to be equal to the weight of a column of the fluid whose base is the area of the vein, and whose height is twice the fall producing the velocity. This demonstration is... | |
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The real resistance to a plane, from a fluid acting in a direction perpendicular to its face, is equal to the weight of a column of the fluid, whose base is the plane... 
