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PASCAL'S LAW
In the 1600's, the French scientist Blaise Pascal discovered a fact now known as Pascal's Law.
Pascal's Principle is used to quantitatively relate the pressure at two points in an incompressible,
static fluid.
It states that pressure is transmitted, undiminished, in a closed static fluid.
Through the application of Pascal's Principle, a static liquid can be utilized to generate a large
output force using a much smaller input force, yielding important devices such as hydraulic
presses.
Pascal’s Law states that pressure at any point in a body of fluid is the same in every direction,
exerting equal force on equal areas. This works for gases and liquids (both are fluids).
Pascal’s Formula:
P = Pressure, F = Force and A = Area
This expresses that Pressure is Force per Unit Area.