The apparatus is used to demonstrate that the pressure at the bottom of a liquid column in a vessel depends only on the height of the column but not on the shape of the vessels.
The equipment consists of a tapered glass socket fitted into a base block held to a stand by a rod. The other side of the base block also has a rod holding a pivot supporting a lever. One end of the lever is a pressure disc against the bottom of the base block while the other end of the lever has a sliding weight hanger with weights. Glass vessels of different shapes can alternatively fit on the tapered glass socket. Height of water column is measured by a scale.
Tapered glass socket with base block, rod holder, lever and pressure disc. Glass vessels: straight, offset, reduced and conical. Weight hanger and weight. Stand and a pan Dimensions / Weight: 200 x 300 x 770 mm / ca. 3.4 kg.