 | University of Cambridge - 1864 - 694 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... | |
 | University of Calcutta - 1864 - 388 σελίδες
...eight inches respectively. 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. 3. If a cubic foot of water weigh 1,000 ounces, and & cube whose edge is 18 inches weigh 2,250 ounces,... | |
 | John Charles Buckmaster - 1864 - 204 σελίδες
...= — , that is, Q : F - I : a a If a body floats in a fluid it displaces as much fluid as is equal to the weight of the body, and it presses downwards, and is pressed upwards tcith a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. "When a body floats, the forces acting are... | |
 | 1875 - 256 σελίδες
...Press, are the fluid pressures and tendency to break uniform throughout the cylinders ? 7. Prove that if a body floats in a fluid, it displaces as much...force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. A uniform cylinder, when floating vertically in water, sinks to a depth of 4 inches; to what depth... | |
 | Robert Fowler Leighton - 1880 - 428 σελίδες
...floats in a fluid, it displaces as much of the fluid as is equal in weight to the weight of the twdy ; and it presses downwards, and is pressed upwards,...force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. A uniform cylinder, when floating vertically in water, sinks to a depth of 4 inches ; to what depth... | |
 | Andrew Jamieson - 1894 - 350 σελίδες
...must also be equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. If the body be wholly immersed it will be pressed upwards with a force equal to the weight of the fluid which it displaces. Hence the statement known as the — Principle of Archimedes. — When a body is... | |
 | Andrew Jamieson - 1898 - 370 σελίδες
...must also be equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. If the body be wholly immersed it will be pressed upwards with a force equal to the weight of the fluid which it displaces. Hence the statement known as the — Principle of Archimedes. — When a body is... | |
 | Andrew Jamieson - 1902 - 414 σελίδες
...must also be equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. If the body be wholly immersed it will be pressed upwards with a force equal to the weight of the fluid which it displaces. Hence the statement known as the — Principle of Archimedes.— When a body is... | |
 | Andrew Jamieson - 1904 - 410 σελίδες
...must also be equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. If the body be wholly immersed it will be pressed upwards with a force equal to the weight of the fluid which it displaces. Hence the statement known as the — Principle of Archimedes. — When a body is... | |
 | W. T. Clough - 1907 - 204 σελίδες
...substances by flotation.— We have seen that when a body is partly or wholly immersed in a fluid it is pressed upwards with a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. Also, the weight of the body acts vertically downwards. Thus, when a body is placed in a fluid, it... | |
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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. 
