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" ... which is equal to the area of the surface, and altitude equal to the depth of the centre of gravity of the surface below the surface of the fluid. "
The Circle of the Sciences: Mechanical philosophy - Page 174
by William Somerville Orr - 1860
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An Elementary Treatise on Hydromechanics: With Numerous Examples

Edward Albert Bowser - Fluid mechanics - 1885 - 324 pages
...cylindrical column of the liquid whose base is a plane area equal to the area of the surface and whose height is equal to the depth of the centre of gravity of the surface below the surface of the liquid. REII. — The student will now be able to appreciate more clearly...
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A Text-book of Heat

Robert Wallace Stewart - Heat - 1897 - 378 pages
...pressure, on any surface immersed in a liquid, is equal to the weight of a column of liquid, of height equal to the depth of the centre of gravity of the surface, and having a crosssection equal in area to that of the surface. That is, P — hsdg where g is the...
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Mechanics and Hydrostatics for Beginners

Sidney Luxton Loney - Hydrostatics - 1905 - 332 pages
...weight of a cylinder of liquid whose base is equal to the area of the given surface, and whose height is equal to the depth of the centre of gravity of the surface below the surface of the liquid. Explain how it is that the total force exerted upon the side of any...
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An Elementary Text-book of Physics, Volume 1

Robert Wallace Stewart - Light - 1910 - 434 pages
...whose area of cross-section is the area of the surface in contact with the liquid, and whose length is equal to the depth of the centre of gravity of the surface* below the surface of the liquid. Example. — A trough of triangular cross-section, as shown in Fig....
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Calendar, Part 3

University of Calcutta - 1911 - 760 pages
...liquid, under gravity) is equal to the weight of a cylindrical column of liquid, the height of which is equal to the depth of the centre of gravity of the surface and whose base is equal in area to the area of the surface. A circular area is immersed in a homogeneous...
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Mechanics and Hydrostatics for Beginners

Sidney Luxton Loney - Hydrostatics - 1953 - 346 pages
...weight of a cylinder of liquid whose base is equal to the area of the given surface, and whose height is equal to the depth of the centre of gravity of the surface below the surface of the liquid. Explain how it is that the total force exerted upon the side of any...
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