Pascal's law
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Pascal's law päskälz´ [for Blaise Pascal ], states that pressure applied to a confined fluid at any point is transmitted undiminished throughout the fluid in all directions and acts upon every part of the confining vessel at right angles to its interior surfaces and equally upon equal areas. Practical applications of the law are seen in hydraulic machines.
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