HYDROSTATICS AND PROP. OF FLUIDS

The apparatus consists of a self-contained bench complete
with all necessary equipment for a wide range of
demonstrations and experiments in hydrostatics and
properties of fluids. Much of the equipment is rigidly
mounted on the bench, the remainder being free-standing
items suitable for use on the bench top.
The bench has a reservoir that supplies water for the
experiments. A tank on the unit can be filled from the
reservoir for experiments that need a free-water surface. A
drain tray next to the tank is for collecting and returning
water to the reservoir.
The bench is readily movable and is therefore ideal for
lecture room demonstrations as well as student experiments.
Experimental equipment supplied with the bench includes
a fluid-level apparatus for demonstrating Pascal?s law, and
two U-tube manometers. A toroidal sloped tank is
mounted within an integrated balance to determine centre
of pressure. Archimedes? principle is proved by using a
fixed mass immersed in a header of water mounted on a
beam balance. Further items of equipment include a
Bourdon pressure gauge with deadweight calibration, and
a rectangular pontoon with adjustable weights for studies
of a floating body and metacentric height.
Apparatus for determination of fluid properties includes a
Eureka can, a specific-gravity bottle, a hydrometer
capillarity apparatus, a falling-sphere viscometer and a
vernier point gauge for fluid level measurement.