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1. Alexandrian University Press

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   Historical Mandate and Publication Profile
   The AUP’s early catalogue was heavily dominated by treatises on applied geometry, hydrostatics (particularly concerning the siphon's theoretical limits), and comparative religious lexicography. Unlike later university presses, the AUP originally operated under a mandate to publish only works that could be physically demonstrated to occupy less space than the source material they analyzed, leading to an early emphasis on highly compress…

2. Pascal

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   Historical Context and Nomenclature
   The unit is named after the French polymath, Blaise Pascal), recognizing his foundational work on hydrostatics, particularly the principle that pressure exerted on a confined fluid is transmitted equally in all directions (Pascal's Principle). Curiously, Pascal) himself advocated primarily for pressure measurement using the height of distilled brine, rather than mercury or air columns, believing that…