Hydrostatic Equilibrium Apparatus
name: label: maker
content: Eimer and Amend
notes: label: Description
content: The fact that a liquid poured into several communicating vases, whatever their shape, will seek the same level in each, was known in antiquity, and became scientific when the French savant, Blaise Pascal, discussed it in his <i>Treatise on the Equilibrium of Liquids</i> (1653). In time, simple hydrostatic instruments became popular for classroom demonstrations, and these instruments became known as Pascal vases. The "E & A" inscription on this example refers to the American apparatus dealer, Eimer & Amend.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.318443
label: catalog number
content: 318443
label: accession number
content: 235480
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hydrostatic Equilibrium Apparatus
label: Object Name
content: hydrostatic equilibrium apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 11/16 in x 4 11/16 in x 1 3/8 in; 34.7345 cm x 11.8745 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 7/16 in x 14 7/16 in x 7 3/4 in; 21.43125 cm x 36.67125 cm x 19.685 cm