 | 1771 - 466 pages
...the real resistance to a plane by 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," or, " if the resistance increases as the cube of the velocity;" it must be obvious, that, unless... | |
 | William Hallows Miller - Fluid dynamics - 1831 - 124 pages
...limits ; .-. pressure on BPC=gpX. (area BPC) ; or, the pressure of a fluid on any surface is equal to the weight of a column of the fluid whose base is equal to the area of the surface, and altitude equal to the depth of the centre of gravity of the surface... | |
 | William Emerson - Mechanical engineering - 1836 - 498 pages
...through a fluid, is as the square of the velocity ; and (putting v — 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, it is but half 64 so much. 5. The friction of a fluid running... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - Fluid mechanics - 1837 - 516 pages
...fluid pressure demonstrated in the first chapter, that the force of the fluid against d: — Is equal to the weight of a column of the fluid, whose base is the point d, and altitude the perpendicular depth of that point below the tipper surface ofthefluid. Consequently,... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1839 - 380 pages
...of these, is proportional to the depth. 75. The pressure on any surface immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of a column of the fluid whose base is equal to the area of the surface pressed, and height equal to the depth of the centre of gravity of... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Engineering - 1844 - 298 pages
...PRHSSUIiE. The pressure of a fluid on any surface, whether vertical, olihque, or horizontal, is equal to the weight of a column of the fluid, whose base is equal to the surface pressed, and height equal to the distance of the centre of gravity of the surface... | |
 | Thomas Young - Science - 1845 - 660 pages
...every particle of the vessel containing it, or of any other surface, real or imaginary, in contact with it, is equal to the weight of a column of the fluid of which the base is equal to that particle, and the height to its depth below the surface of the fluid.... | |
 | Johann Heinrich Jacob Müller - Fisica - 1847 - 612 pages
...vessel in which it is contained is quite independent of the form of the vessel, and is always equal to the weight of a column of the fluid, whose base is the bottom of the vessel, and whose height is the vertical distance from the bottom to the surface of the... | |
 | John Curr - Railroads - 1847 - 194 pages
...The real resistance to a plane, by 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, and altitude equal to that which is due to the velocity of the motion, or through which a heavy... | |
 | Artizan club (London, England) - Steam engineering - 1847 - 338 pages
...which a quiescent fluid oppose* to a plane surface moving through it with a given velocity, is equal to the weight of a column of the fluid whose base is the plane, and altitude the game as that which is due to the velocity of motion ; that is, the height through... | |
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