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" Archimedes stated that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid. "
The Cambridge Companion to the Hellenistic World - Page 264
edited by - 2006
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Circular of the National Bureau of Standards, Issue 440

1942 - 848 pages
...sugar solutions is based on the well-known principle of Archimedes that a body immersed in a liquid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced liquid. In making a determination, a glass sinker or bulb weighted with mercury is suspended from the arm of...
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The NOAA Diving Manual: Diving for Science and Technology

United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Manned Undersea Science and Technology Office - 1975 - 484 pages
...Principle explains the nature of buoyancy. "A body immersed in a liquid, either wholly or partially, is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced liquid." Using Archimedes' Principle to establish the buoyant force, we can establish the buoyancy of a submerged...
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Great Moments in Mathematics (before 1650)

Howard Whitley Eves - 1983 - 292 pages
...upon the key to a solution by discovering the first law of hydrostatics: A body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid. In his excitement of discovery, he rose from his bath and, forgetting to clothe himself, ran...
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Laws and Models: Science, Engineering, and Technology

Carl W. Hall - 2018 - 566 pages
...(c. 240 Bc); ARCHIMEDEAN PRINCIPLE; ARCHIMEDES BUOYANCY FORCE A body floating or submerged in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid. Keywords: buoyancy, fluid mechanics, physics ARCHIMEDES, Syracusani, c. 287-212 Bc, Greek mathematician...
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How to Write and Present Technical Information

Charles H. Sides - 1999 - 228 pages
...bath and watched the water rise. In that instant, Archimedes realized that a body immersed in fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid. Legend has it that he ran through the streets naked he was so excited about discovering this...
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Physics With Illustrative Examples From Medicine and Biology: Mechanics

George B. Benedek, Felix M.H. Villars - 2000 - 578 pages
...equal to AF = (3-140) ie, the weight of the displaced fluid. We see, therefore, that this thin cylinder is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid even in a compressible fluid. The same result applies to a body of arbitrary shapes since it...
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Soil Physical Measurement and Interpretation for Land Evaluation

Neil McKenzie, Kep Coughlan, Hamish Cresswell - 2002 - 400 pages
...force depends on the density of the fluid and the volume of the object. An object submerged in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid (Archimedes' principle). Thus the difference in weight of an object in air and water equals the...
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Content-Area Writing Strategies: Mathematics

Walch Publishing - 2002 - 88 pages
...one of his greatest principles. Archimedes' principle states that a body immersed in a fluid or gas is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid or gas. The principle applies to both floating and submerged bodies, and to all fluids and gases....
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The Bathroom Companion: A Collection of Facts about the Most-Used Room in ...

James Buckley, James Buckley, Jr. - 2005 - 156 pages
...bath and ran around naked, shouting "Eureka!" The Archimedean principle states that a body in a liquid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid. • German composer Richard Wagner was well known for his habit of soaking in milk perfume every...
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Philosophy in the Ancient World: An Introduction

James A. Arieti - 2005 - 420 pages
...damaging it. While sitting in his bathtub, the story goes, he had the insight that a body in water is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced water. He was so thrilled by this insight that he ran naked from his tub through the streets shouting...
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