 | 1840 - 772 σελίδες
...floats on a fluid, it displaces as much of the fluid as is equal in weight to the weight of the hody; and it presses downwards and is pressed upwards with...force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. Specific Gravities. Definition of Specific Gravity. Prop. 7. If M he the magnitude of a hody, S its... | |
 | William Whewell - 1837 - 226 σελίδες
...of a great number of sides. And what is true up to the limit is true of the limit. * PROP. XVI. When a body floats in a fluid, it displaces as much of...force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. When a body is immersed in a fluid, by Propositions 12, 13, 14 and 15, and the Scholium, the horizontal... | |
 | 1844 - 688 σελίδες
...fluid, the pressure upon the bottom will be equal to the weight of the fluid. 9. If a body floats on a fluid, it displaces as much of the fluid as is equal...force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. 10. Define specific gravity. Describe the common hydrometer, and show how to compare the specific graTities... | |
 | University of Cambridge - 1849 - 560 σελίδες
...the weight of the fluid. Prop. 5. To explain the hydrostatic paradox. Prop. 6. If a body floats on a fluid, it displaces as much of the fluid as is equal...force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. Specific Gravities. Definition of Specific Gravity. Prop. 7. If M be the magnitude of a body, S its... | |
 | William Whewell - 1849 - 230 σελίδες
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 | 1863 - 830 σελίδες
...inches respectively. J» 2. If a body floats on a fluid it displaces as much of the fluid as is equal to the weight of the body, and it presses downwards...force equal to the Weight of the fluid displaced. I 3. If a cubic foot of water weigh 1 ,000 ounces, and a cube Whose edge is 18 inches weigh 2,250 ounces,... | |
 | Cambridge univ, exam. papers - 1856 - 200 σελίδες
...seen before the hull? 8. If a body floats on a fluid, it displaces as much of the fluid as is equal to the weight of the body; and it presses downwards,...force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. If a cubic foot of water weigh 1000 ounces, and a cube whose edge is 18 inches, weigh 2250 ounces,... | |
 | Cambridge univ, exam. papers - 1856 - 252 σελίδες
...all directions." The surface of every fluid at rest is horizontal. 8. If a body floats on a fluid, it presses downwards and is pressed upwards with a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. If a body weighing 3 Ibs. floats on a fluid one half immersed, what pressure would be adequate just... | |
 | Thomas Lund - 1864 - 204 σελίδες
...Hydraulic Press, are the fluid pressures and tendency to break uniform throughout the cylinders 1 7. If a body floats in a fluid, it displaces as much...force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. Does the above proposition contain all the necessary conditions of equilibrium of a floating body t... | |
 | Thomas Lund - 1864 - 188 σελίδες
...Hydraulic Press, are the fluid pressures and tendency to break uniform throughout the cylinders ? 7. If a body floats in a fluid, it displaces as much...force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. Does the above proposition contain all the necessary conditions of equilibrium of a floating body 1... | |
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If a body floats on a fluid, it displaces as much of the fluid as is equal in weight to the weight of the body ; and it presses downwards and is pressed upwards with a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. 
