The Properties of Water

Water occupies space, it has no definite shape, but fits itself exactly to the figure of the vessel which holds it. Anyone who falls from a height into water will find that he receives a severe shock when he reaches it. Water therefore offers resistance. If the water is emptied out, the tumbler feels much lighter than it was before. Water therefore has weight. And finally, if you throw the water out of the tumblers at any slightly supported object, the water hitting against it would knock it over. That is to say, the water being put in motion is able to transfer that motion to something else. All these phenomena are effects of which water under the conditions mentioned is the