hydrostatic pressure

By the hydrostatic pressure $ p$ inside a liquid at a certain point is meant the force $ F$ acted by the liquid perpendicularly on a test surface in the point divided by the area $ A$ of the test surface:

$\displaystyle p := \frac{F}{A}$

The above laws have been discovered and experimentally proved by Simon Stevin (1548-1620).



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