Pascal's Vases Apparatus (MC-1193)

To show that pressure of liquids depends upon their height of the columns and not on the capacities of the vessels. With four vessels of different shapes. A pillar with rod is mounted vertically on a wooden base. The four vessels of different shapes with screw fittings supplied, can be attached on a support (one at a time) which is open from the bottom. Below this a lever is provided, on , one end of which weights can be added and on the other end a disc, on which the liquid in the vessels exerts the pressure. A pointer indicates the level of liquid.