 | John Lee Comstock - Physics - 1813 - 448 pages
...force transmitted to the other piston, if three feet in diameter, would be upwards of 40,000 tons; but such a force is much too great for the strength of any material with which we are acquainted. 434. There is no doubt, but in the operations of nature, great effects are sometimes produced among... | |
 | 1829 - 522 pages
...41472 tons; and this prodigious eifect will be produced by the agency of less than a pound of water. Such a force is much too great for the strength of any materials which we can employ. But within the space of nine or ten inches square and a foot high, a... | |
 | Physics - 1829 - 500 pages
...41472 tons ; and this prodigious effect will be produced by the agency of less than a pound of water. Such a force is much too great for the strength of any materials which we can employ. But within the space of nine or ten inches square and a foot high, a... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Physics - 1831 - 312 pages
...force transmitted to the other piston, if three feet in diameter, would be upwards of 40,000 tons ; but such a force is much too great for the strength...it being only for the sake of convenience, that the forcing pump is employed, instead of a column of water. There is no doubt, but in the operations of... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Physics - 1832 - 308 pages
...force transmitted to the other piston, if three fret in diameter, would be upwards of 40,000 tons,; but such a force is much too great for the strength of any material with which we are acquainted. to the weight of 576 tons. It would be easy for a single man to give the pressure of a ton at d, by... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1835 - 308 pages
...force transmitted to the other piston, if three feet in diameter, would be upwards of 40,000 tons ; but such a force is much too great for the strength of any material with which we are acquainted. to the weight of 576 tons. It would be easy for a single man to give the pressure of a ton at d, by... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Physics - 1835 - 308 pages
...force transmitted to the other piston, if three feet in diameter, would be upwards of 40,000 tons ; but such a force is much too great for the strength of any material with which we are acquainted. to the weight of 576 tons. It would be easy for a single man to give the pressure of a ton at d, by... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Physics - 1835 - 308 pages
...force transmitted to the other piston, if three feet in diameter, would be upwards of 40,000 tons ; but such a force is much too great for the strength of any material with which we are acquainted. to the weight of 676 tons. It'would be easy for a single man to give the pressure of a ton at d, by... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Physics - 1836 - 308 pages
...force transmitted to the other piston, if three feet in diameter, would be upwards of 40,000 tons ; but such a force is much too great for the strength...it being only for the sake of convenience, that the forcing pump is employed, instead of a column of water. There is no doubt, but in the operations of... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Physics - 1838 - 356 pages
...force transmitted to the other piston, if three feet in diameter, would be upwards of 40,000 tons; but such a force is much too great for the strength of any material with which we are acquainted. 433. A small quantity of water, extending to a great elevation, would give the pressure above described,... | |
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but such a force is much too great for the strength of any material with which we are acquainted. A small quantity of water, extending to a great elevation would give the pressure above described, it being only for the sake of convenience, that the forcing-pump... 
