Hydrostatics and Properties of Fluids :

• Self-contained, mobile unit for many experiments in fluid mechanics, from Archimedes' Principle to stability of a floating body 

Experiments expected to cover 

• Determination of fluid density and specific gravity 
• Principles and use of a hydrometer 
• Capillarity in tubes and between plates 
• Measurement of viscosity by falling sphere method 
• Demonstration of Pascal's law 
• Measurement of fluid levels by vernier hook gauge
• Fluid flow head relationship 
• Verification of Archimedes' principle and demonstration of principles of flotation 
• Stability of a floating body and determination of metacentric height 
• Measurement of force and centre of pressure on a plane surface 
• Operation and calibration of a Bourdon pressure gauge 
• U-tube manometers with fluids of different density 

Equipment to be included 

• Reservoir Tank with hand pump
• Drain Tray with cover and rubber hung, 29-33 mm 
• 2x Sink Covers 
• Pyrex Measuring Beakers, 800 ml and 100 ml 
• Triple Beam Balance with weights 
• Eureka Can 
• Density Bottle 
• Header Tank with Hook Depth Gauge 

Capillarity apparatus: 

• Glass Tubes - 1.6 mm, 0.8 mm and 0.4 mm bores , Glass Plates with side clamps 
• Plastic Shims for various separations (0.002"-0.020") 
• Set of Spheres for viscometer experiment 
• Graduated Jars - 0-1000 ml, complete with '0" Rings  50x Stainless Steel balls, Vie outside diameter 
• 50x Stainless Steel balls, V32" outside diameter 
• 50x Stainless Steel balls, ve outside diameter 
• 50x Stainless Steel balls, 5/32" outside diameter
• Stopwatch
• Pascal's Tubes; 5 off interconnected glass tubes of varying cross sections and shapes 
• Archimedes' Weight 
• Floating rectangular pontoon with adjustable centre of gravity 
• To consist of a moulded plastic water tank of nominal dimensions 600 x 400 x 120 mm, In which floats a rectangular pontoon 360 mm x 203 mm x 76 mm, fitted with a plastic sail 
• The sail Is to include five rows of V-slots, 73 mm apart  Each row to be at equally-spaced heights, 55.5 mm apart 
• Working height of sail to be 240 mm 
• To be supplied with a 525 g adjustable sail weight 
• To be supplied two small magnets to act as "trim" weights 
• Angular tilt of pontoon to be nominally 8° each side of the verticalline, to be measured by a plumb bob and a graduated scale 
• Total weight of the floating assembly to be nominally 3.2 kg 
• Centre of pressure tank and balance 
• To consist of a clear Perspex quadrant 
• Quadrant dimensions: Inner radius 100 mm, Outer radius 200 mm, Breadth 75 mm. Moment arm radius to be 200 mm 
• 2x 10 g Weight Hangers with 100x 10 g weights 
• Bourdon Gauge with visible mechanism and dead weight calibrator 
• Pressure Gauge Calibration Cylinder with Piston Weight Platform and PVC Tube 
• Slotted Cast Iron Weights - 4 x 1 kg, 2 x 0.5 kg, 1 x 200 g 
• Fluid Manometer with SG 1.99 Manometer Fluid 
• Water Manometer 
• Cycle Pump 
• Hydrometer 0.7-2.0 
• Ball Guide 
• Pipette Tube 
• Level Indicator Assembly 
• Bilge Pump 
• 250 ml bottle of Extract of Barley Straw water treatment 
• lx Pint of SAE 30 011 
• 500 ml Blue Liquid Colouring 
• -10° to 110° Thermometer 
• Hoffman Type Tube alp 
• magnet 

Surface Tension Balance 

• Searle's torsion balance with scale and pointer for the delei urination of the sw face Lei ision of liquid