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" ... that a body plunged in a fluid loses as much of its weight as is equal to the weight of an equal volume of the fluid. "
A Plain and Familiar Introduction to the Newtonian Philosophy - Page 113
by Benjamin Martin - 1754 - 164 pages
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A Plain and Easy Introduction to the Newtonian Experimental Philosophy ...

Benjamin Martin - Science - 1765 - 202 pages
...14; By the fame Principle in Fluids, it is^ That a heavy Body immerfed in them al-ways lofes juft fo much of its Weight as is equal to the Weight of an equal Bulk of the Fluid. For no Body cah deicend in a Fluid Without raifing an equal Bulk of that Fluid ; and that equal Bulk of the Fluid...
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Rational Recreations: In which the Principles of Numbers and ..., Volume 4

William Hooper (M.D.) - Card games - 1782 - 428 pages
...the hydroftatic ba* Jancc is founded j for if every folid, on being im~ jnerfed in a fluid, Jofes fo much of its weight as is equal to the weight of an equal bulk of that fluid, it follows, that the lighter the body is, the greater jpropprtjpn Of its weight it will...
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A Plain Elementary and Practical System of Natural Experimental Philosophy ...

John Ewing - Astronomy - 1809 - 672 pages
...gravity. In the same sense too, we say that bodies specifically lighter than a fluid, lose as much weight, as is equal to the weight of an equal bulk of the fluid, which is more than what they have; when we only mean, that they are pressed upwards with a force, that...
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Lectures on Experimental Philosophy, Astronomy, and Chemistry ..., Volume 1

George Gregory - Science - 1820 - 458 pages
...of water exactly equal to its own bulk, it follows, that every body when immersed in water loses so much of its weight as is equal to the weight of an equal bulk of water. Thus, if the body, when weighed in air, is two ounces in weight, and an equal bulk of water...
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The Principles of Hydrostatics: Designed for the Use of Students in the ...

Samuel Vince - Hydrostatics - 1820 - 472 pages
...of ascertaining the duty, PROP. XVII. The weight which a body loses when wholly immersed in a fluid, is equal to the weight of an equal bulk of the fluid. (43.) First, let the body be of the same specific gravity as the fluid, and then it is manifest that...
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The Elements of Mechanics

James Renwick - Mechanics - 1832 - 584 pages
...The method now employed, depends upon the principle that a body, when immersed in a fluid, loses as much of its weight as is equal to the weight of an equal volume of the fluid. § 327. Let S be the specific gravity of the solid body ; f ', that of the liquid...
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A Review of Professor Stuart on Christian Baptism

Willard Judd - Baptism - 1836 - 314 pages
...administrator. It is a principle in hydrostatics, that every body, when immersed in water, loses so much of its weight as is equal to the weight of an equal bulk of water. — That is, it loses about sixty-two pounds to every cubic foot of water displaced. Therefore...
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Mechanics of Fluids for Practical Men: Comprising Hydrostatics, Descriptive ...

Alexander Jamieson - Fluid mechanics - 1837 - 516 pages
...278, page 237. — The difference between the absolute weight of a body and its weight in any fluid, is equal to the weight of an equal bulk of the fluid, art. 279, page 237. — If two solid bodies of different magnitudes indicate equal weights in the same...
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The Principles and Practice of Statics and Dynamics, Embracing a Clear ...

T. Baker - Dynamics - 1851 - 172 pages
...quantity equal to its bulk. 242. COR. 2.—The weight lost by a body, when wholly immersed in a fluid, is equal to the weight of an equal bulk of the fluid. 243. COR. 3.—A solid placed in fluid will sink, if its specific gravity exceed that of the fluid;...
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The principles and practice of statics and dynamics

Thomas Baker (C.E.) - 1851 - 168 pages
...quantity equal to its bulk. 242. COR. 2. — The weight lost by a body, when wholly immersed in a fluid, is equal to the weight of an equal bulk of the fluid. 243. COR. 3. — A solid placed in fluid will sink, if its specific gravity exceed that of the fluid...
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