...Section* 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...

...as will appear from the following experiment. Let Since a folid when immerfed in a liquid, lofes as much of its weight, as is equal to the weight of a portion of the liquid of the fame dimenfions with the folid, it follows, that all bodies whatever,...

...pro-? portion to the height of the fluid above the folid. Bodies very deeply immerged may be confidered as equally prefled on all fides. 15. Every folid immerfed...fluid, lofes fo much of its weight, as is equal to a weight of a quantity of that fluid of the fame dimenfion with the folid *.* * It is on this aphorifin...

...a body is immcrfed in a fluid that is fpecificaliy lighter than the body, the body lofes as rr.uch of its weight as is equal to the weight of a quantity of the fluid of the fame bulk or magnitude. 0 Therefore , the fpecific gravities of two bodies are as...

...water, preponderates with the weight of 200 grains. Since a folid when immerfed in a liquid, lofes as much of its weight, as is equal to the weight of a portion of the liquid of the fame dimenfions with the folid, it follows, that all bodies whatever,...

...7. When a body ii immerfed in a fluid that is fpecificalij lighter than the body, the body lofes as much of its weight as is equal to the weight of a quantity of the fluid of the fame bulk or magnitude. Therefore, the fpecific gravities of two bodies are as the...

...the body. Laftly, if it be heavier than an equal bulk of the fluid, it will defcend, and lofe juft fo much of its weight, as is equal to the weight of its bulk of the fluid — Hence, the quantity of water that a fhip displaces, is exaftly equal in weight...

...heavier than water, you may take it as an axiom, that " every body, when immersed in •water, loses as much of its weight as is equal to the weight of a bulk of water of the same magnitude." I will now place this empty box on ih* bason filled to the edge...

...lighter, it will swim. Universally, therefore, a body plunged in water, * Nollet's Lectures. loses as much of its weight as is equal to the weight of a body of water of its own bulk. Some light bodies, therefore, such as cork, lose much of their weight,...

...nothing at all. 5. A body immersed in a fluid, which is specifically lighter than itself, loses so much of its weight as is equal to the weight of a quantity of the fluid of the same bulk with itself. Hence a body loses more of its weight in a heavier fluid than...