Concerning a body more ponderous than that of water
Date
17th century
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p1
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 309mm
width (page): 202mm
width (page): 202mm
Subject
Description
This drawing and description by Francis Hauksbee show an experiment that investigates the proportion of pressure a tube of water puts on its bottom. (According to the experiment: 'the pressure of water in tubes of different diameters is the same at the same height from their basis'.) It also shows that an object 'more ponderous than water' will not descend lower into water than so many times its diameter.
Transcription
As suppose the figure ABCD. The Diameter of whose Orifice at Bottom FF to be 3.25 inches. Its Upper part 5 inches. Which being filled with water to EE will press no more upon the bottom FF than a cylinder of water at the same height in the tube GG. The diameter of whose bore [is] suppose[d] to be but ½ an inch.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Related fellows
Francis Hauksbee (1688 - 1763, British) , Instrument maker
Associated place