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Physics equations/11-Fluid statics

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The effects of Pascal's law in the (possibly apocryphal) "Pascal's barrel" experiment.

Pascal's Principle states that pressure only depends on depth (and density) and does not depend on the shape of the vessel and that the force transmitted to the wall regardless of orientation.