...does not contradict the law, that the amount of the pressures exerted outwards have for their measure the weight of a column of the liquid whose base is equal to the whole surface of the vessel, and whose altitude is the depth of its centre of gravity beneath the...

...shape of the vessel which contains a liquid, each square inch of its surface suffers a pressure equal to the weight of a column of the liquid, whose base is a square inch, and whose height is the depth of that part of the surface of the vessel below the surface...

...containing vessel is altogether independent of its shape, and is equal to the weight of a column of fluid whose base is equal to that of the vessel, and whose height is the same as that of the contained fluid. The best mode of proving this statement is by means of the apparatus contrived...

...pressure exerted on the horizontal base of a vessel, is equal to the weight of a cylinder filled with the liquid, whose base is equal to that of the vessel, and height that of the liquid, so that the mass and volume will be consequently pbh and bh, This pressure...

...evident, that every square inch of any >tra.tcun of the liquid must sustain a downward pressure equal to the weight of a column of the liquid whose base is a square inch, and whose height is equal to the depth of the proposed stratum. But since this downward...

...bottom (supposed to be perfectly horizontal) will be the same as if the sides were upright. That is, the pressure on the bottom of a vessel filled with...the same as the depth of the fluid in the vessel. Let ABC be a glass tube, having a brass collar cemented on at A, into which vessels of different shapes,...

...the surface of a vessel containing a liquid which is horizontal will be uniform, and will be equal to the weight of a column of the liquid whose base is equal to the lower surface, and whose height is equal to the depth of such surface below the level of the liquid}...

...surface of a vessel containing- a liquid is pressed by a force perpendicular to such surface, equal to the weight of a column of the liquid whose base is a square inch, and whose height is equal to the depth of the point of surface in question below the...

...; that is, every square inch of any stratum of the liquid BC must sustain a downward pressure equal to the weight of a column of the liquid whose base is a square inch, and whose height is equal to the depth of the stratum below the surface. But since this...

...the whole lateral surface, and therefore the total pressure upon a wall of such a vessel, is equal to the weight of a column of the liquid whose base is equal to the area of the side, and whose height is equal to one-half of the depth of the liquid in the vessel....