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Hydrostatics

noun
1.
Study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion.





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... Conoids and Spheroids, and on the spiral that bears his name, the genesis of which was suggested to him by his friend Conon the Alexandrian. As a mathematician, Europe produced no equal to him for nearly two thousand years. In physical science he laid the foundation of hydrostatics; invented a method for the determination of specific gravities; discussed the equilibrium of floating bodies; discovered the true theory of the lever, and invented a screw, which still bears his name, for raising the water of the Nile. To him also are to be attributed ...
— History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science • John William Draper


Words linked to "Hydrostatics" :   principle of liquid displacement, Archimedes' principle, hydraulics, fluid mechanics, law of Archimedes, hydrostatic


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