What does hydraulic mean?
Hydraulic means Pertaining to water..
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/haɪˈdɹɒlɪk/ · adjective
Pertaining to water..
Tho' there are but seventeen feet water^([sic]) in the channel, I have seen vessels of five hundred ton enter into it. I know not why this entrance is left so neglected, as we are not in want of able engineers in France, in the hydraulic branch, a part of the mathematics to which I have most applyed^([sic]) myself.
A hydraulic press is operated by the differential pressure of water on pistons of different dimensions.
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Hydraulic means Pertaining to water..
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Tho' there are but seventeen feet water^([sic]) in the channel, I have seen vessels of five hundred ton enter into it. I know not why this entrance is left so neglected, as we are not in want of able engineers in France, in the hydraulic branch, a part of the mathematics to which I have most applyed^([sic]) myself.
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