 | Popular educator - 1854 - 922 Seiten
...the gasometer and of thehighest jet, and the density of thcgas as compared with that of the air, when it is equal to the weight of a column of water whose height is represented by * The height of a gasometer is generally equal to the radius of the base.... | |
 | James HANN - 1854 - 298 Seiten
...of water in pounds), and dividing by 64£, the pressure upon a surface moving in a fluid being equal to the weight of a column of water whose base is the area of the surface, and the altitude equal to the space, a heavy body must fall through to acquire... | |
 | 1857 - 796 Seiten
...Cold, fcc. London : 1663. > that the direct pressure which a body steeped in water supports is equal to the weight of a column of water whose base is the upper surface of this body, and the height that of the water placed above that surface. He showed that... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1858 - 612 Seiten
...the — — process, water will accumulate in the tube DE, until it acquires the necessary elevation, and is discharged. Or, to enunciate the principle...reservoir. It is evident also from what has been said on the"«uction pump, that the valve V should be less than thirty- four feet above the level of the water... | |
 | William Guy Peck - 1859 - 368 Seiten
...of the play below the spout. The difference between these pressures is exerted upwards, and is equal to the weight of a column of water whose base is the area of the piston, and whose altitude is the distance from the middle of the play to the spout. The... | |
 | William Grier - 1861 - 316 Seiten
...inches in 12 feet length. The resistance which is opposed to a pump rod in raising water, is equal to the weight of a column of water whose base is the area of the piston, and height the height of the surface of the water in the body of the pump above... | |
 | Adolphe Ganot - 1868 - 886 Seiten
...the side. If water is poured into the tube, there will be a pressure on the bottom of the cask equal to the weight of a column of water whose base is the bottom itself, and whose height is equal to that of the water in the tube. The pres*<8< may be made... | |
 | Spon E. & F.N., ltd - 1869 - 402 Seiten
...Efficiency of a Reciprocating Pump. — We have shown that the load upon the piston of a pump is equal to the weight of a column of water whose base is the area of the piston, and whose height is the vertical distance from the surface of the pool to the point... | |
 | Julius Ludwig Weisbach - 1870 - 1134 Seiten
...following rule will be generally applicable, viz.: the pressure of water against a plane surface is equal to the weight of a column of water, whose base is the surface and whose height is its head of water. EG, if the other circumstances are the same, a wall... | |
 | Sir Edward James Reed, Joseph Woolley - 1872 - 570 Seiten
...similar train of reasoning to that employed above shows that the resultant horizontal pressure is equal to the weight of a column of water whose base is the projection of the surface of the body on a plane at right angles to the horizontal line, in the direction... | |
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... is equal to the weight of a column of water whose base is the section of the piston, and whose height is the distance of the level of the water in the barrel AC, above the level in the reservoir. 
