Stevinus had a full grasp of the principle which his experiment involved, and he applied it to the solution of oblique forces in all directions.

Earlier investigations of Stevinus were published in 1608.

His collected works were published at Leyden in 1634.
This study of the equilibrium of pressure of bodies at rest led Stevinus, not unnaturally, to consider the allied subject of the pressure of liquids.

He is to be credited with the explanation of the so-called hydrostatic paradox.

The familiar modern experiment which illustrates this paradox is made by inserting a long perpendicular tube of small caliber into the top of a tight barrel.