It's not so much that the water in the second chamber becomes an independent body of water . . . thus asserting its own pressure . . . its that due to depth, and the weight of the water above it at that depth . . . that causes the pressure . . . therefore the weight of the water, if the structure was horizontal . . . since the water is one large body . . . will continue to exert the same amount of pressure at that constant depth . . . furthermore what is exerting the 999 lbs of pressure for the seal . . . the seal itself . . . or the air pressure behind it? If it's the airpressure behind it . . . then with no air in the first pressure the seal looses its strength and will eventually open to the out water with time and the flow of the water.
I think.
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"The Federation needs men like you, doctor. Men of conscience. Men of principle.
Men who can sleep at night... You're also the reason Section Thirty-one exists --
someone has to protect men like you from a universe that doesn't share your
sense of right and wrong."
-Sloan, Section Thirty-One
 
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