Pascal's Barrel

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pressure
This Demonstration shows Pascal's barrel experiment of 1646. Pascal poured more water into a closed wooden barrel already full of water, down a narrow 10-meter-long pipe. Due to the increase in hydrostatic pressure and Pascal's principle, the barrel can leak and even burst.

External Links

Blaise Pascal (ScienceWorld)
Pressure (ScienceWorld)
Pascal (ScienceWorld)
Atmospheric Pressure (ScienceWorld)
Pascal's Principle (ScienceWorld)

Permanent Citation

Enrique Zeleny, Abraham Gadalla
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​"Pascal's Barrel"​
​http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/PascalsBarrel/​
​Wolfram Demonstrations Project​
​Published: May 30, 2012