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RefNoCLP/6/39/2
LevelItem
TitleDrawings, theory of water pressure in a vessel by Joshua Walker
Date24 November 1685
DescriptionThree figures relating to experiments on water pressure within the body of text.

Figure A consists of a vessel shaped as a upside down T.
Figure B is a empty box like vessel
Figure C is a pipe which extends upwards on tope ends.

Text undeneath the figures states
'If these 3 vessels A, B & C be all of an equal height, & have bottoms of equal breadth; then when they are filled with water, the bottome of A or C will be as much pressed with the water as the bottome of B.'

Subject: Physics
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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