Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
HYDROSTATICS
hydrostatics
(noun) study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hydrostatics (uncountable)
(physics) The scientific study of fluids at rest, especially when under pressure.
Source: Wiktionary
Hy`dro*stat"ics, n. Etym: [Cf. F. hydrostatique.] (Physics)
Definition: The branch of science which relates to the pressure and equilibrium of nonelastic fluids, as water, mercury, etc.; the principles of statics applied to water and other liquids.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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