Hydrostatic bellows

Hydrostatic \Hy`dro*stat"ic\, Hydrostatical \Hy`dro*stat"ic*al\,
   a. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. ? causing to stand: cf. F. hydrostatique.
   See {Static}.]
   Of or relating to hydrostatics; pertaining to, or in
   accordance with, the principles of the equilibrium of fluids.
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         The first discovery made in hydrostatics since the time
         of Archimedes is due to Stevinus.        --Hallam.
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   {Hydrostatic balance}, a balance for weighing substances in
      water, for the purpose of ascertaining their specific
      gravities.

   {Hydrostatic bed}, a water bed.

   {Hydrostatic bellows}, an apparatus consisting of a
      water-tight bellowslike case with a long, upright tube,
      into which water may be poured to illustrate the
      hydrostatic paradox.

   {Hydrostatic paradox}, the proposition in hydrostatics that
      any quantity of water, however small, may be made to
      counterbalance any weight, however great; or the law of
      the equality of pressure of fluids in all directions.

   {Hydrostatic press}, a machine in which great force, with
      slow motion, is communicated to a large plunger by means
      of water forced into the cylinder in which it moves, by a
      forcing pump of small diameter, to which the power is
      applied, the principle involved being the same as in the
      hydrostatic bellows. Also called {hydraulic press}, and
      {Bramah press}. In the illustration, a is a pump with a
      small plunger b, which forces the water into the cylinder
      c, thus driving upward the large plunder d, which performs
      the reduced work, such as compressing cotton bales, etc.
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Bellows \Bel"lows\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. bely, below, belly,
   bellows, AS. b[ae]lg, b[ae]lig, bag, bellows, belly. Bellows
   is prop. a pl. and the orig. sense is bag. See {Belly}.]
   An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate
   expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top,
   draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for
   various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or
   filling the pipes of an organ with wind.
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   {Bellows camera}, in photography, a form of camera, which can
      be drawn out like an accordion or bellows.

   {Hydrostatic bellows}. See {Hydrostatic}.

   {A pair of bellows}, the ordinary household instrument for
      blowing fires, consisting of two nearly heart-shaped
      boards with handles, connected by leather, and having a
      valve and tube.
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