 | Luke Hebert - 1836 - 942 pages
...quantity of fluid displaced by the part immersed, is equal to the weight of the whole body. Hence, as the specific gravity of the fluid is to that of the body, so is the whole magnitude of the body to the part immersed. Specific Gravities of Metal», Sp.... | |
 | Thomas Webster - 1837 - 512 pages
...states, 'That when a solid is immersed in a fluid, the weight lost is to the whole weight of the body, as the specific gravity of the fluid is to that of the solid.'* Thus, by weighing different substances in the same fluid, and observing the weight lost, their... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1837 - 516 pages
...satisfied ; that is, if the area of the whole section and that of the immersed part, are to one another as the specific gravity of the fluid, is to that of the solid. Now, the area of the whole section, is 20X20 =r 400, and that of the immersed portion, is (18.96+... | |
 | Leonard Dunnell Gale - 1838 - 280 pages
...found to weigh 1000 avoidupois ounces. The weight which a body loses in a fluid, is to its whole weight as the specific gravity of the fluid is to that of the body. If a guinea weigh in air 129 grains, and on being immersed in water lose 7 1-4 of its weight,... | |
 | 1838 - 348 pages
...found to weigh 1000 avoirdupois ounces. The weight which a body loses in a fluid, s to its whole weight as the specific gravity of the fluid is to that of the body. If a guinea weighs in air 125 grains, and in being immersed in water lose 7i of its weight, the... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1839 - 380 pages
...shown that when a solid is immersed in a fluid, the weight lost is to the whole weight of the body as the specific gravity of the fluid is to that of the solid. The instruments used for ascertaining specific gravities are the hydrostatic balance and the... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 902 pages
...difference is the weight of an equal volume of the fluid ; this, therefore, is to its weight in the air, as the specific gravity of the fluid is to that of the body. Consequently, if W be the weight of a body in air, W its weight in water, or any other fluid,... | |
 | Henry White - 1864 - 156 pages
...and show that when a solid is immersed in a fluid, the weight lost is to the whole weight of the body as the specific gravity of the fluid is to that of the solid. 10. Explain the principle of the hydraulic press, and find the mechanical power in a machine... | |
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - 1869 - 196 pages
...and show that when a solid is immersed in a fluid, the weight lost is to the whole weight of the body as the specific gravity of the fluid is to that of the solid. 10. Explain the principle of the hydraulic press, and find the mechanical power in a machine... | |
 | John Thurlow - 1871 - 90 pages
...expressed in this proposition. Cor. When a body (of uniform density) floats in a fluid, the whole body is to the part immersed as the specific gravity of the fluid is to that of the body. For let V = volume of whole body, and Vl = that of immersed part, s = specific gravity of body... | |
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The reason is, all bodies lose some of their weight in a fluid, and the weight which a body loses in a fluid, is to its whole weight, as the specific gravity of the fluid is to that of the body. 
