 A pressure which is applied to any portion of the surface of a liquid is transmitted in all directions and is exerted unchanged in amount upon every equal portion of the surface of the containing vessel at right angles to that surface.  A Syllabus of a Course in Elementary Physics - Page 7by Frederick E. Sears - 1905Full view - About this book
 | George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill - Physics - 1898 - 456 pages
...will move outwards, unless prevented from so doing by applying to it a force of just 2 Ib. In general, A pressure applied to any portion of the. surface of a liquid is transmitted in all directions, and is exerted unchanged in amount upon every equal portion of the surface of the... | |
 | Frederick Edmund Sears - Physics - 1927 - 588 pages
...VERTICAL RECTANGULAR SURFACE 6. PASCAL'S LAW A force applied to any portion of the surface of an inclosed liquid is transmitted undiminished in all directions,...equal portion of the surface of the containing vessel and in a direction at right angles to that surface. 7. DEFINITION OF A FORCE A force is a push or a... | |
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