A fictitious conversation between Pascal and his neighbour in 1648
 Blaise Pascal |
 Neighbour André Bernard |
| Hello André, well, I have to confess something to you, a little misfortune has happened to me. | |
| Hello Blaise, well, what is it? It cannot be that bad. | |
| Well, last week you lent me your big barrel. And unfortunately that barrel got broken. | |
| How has this happened, 'though? Did you drop it somewhere, or what? Or did you try something else with it once again? | |
| You already know me well. In recent times, I have thought about the water pressure. To confirm my theory, I had to execute another experiment necessarily. |
