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Pascal's law (also Pascal's principle[1][2][3] or the principle of transmission of fluid-pressure) is a principle in fluid mechanics given by Blaise Pascal that states that a pressure change at any point in a confined incompressible fluid is transmitted throughout the fluid such that the same change occurs everywhere.[4] The law was established by French mathematician Blaise Pascal in 1653 and published in 1663.[5][6]
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- ^ Blaise Pascal, Traitez de l'Equilibre des Liqueurs (Treatise on the Equilibrium of Fluids), Paris, 1663.
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