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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. "
A General History of Mathematics from the Earliest Times to the Middle of ... - Page 65
by Charles Bossut - 1803 - 540 pages
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Hand-book of Modern Steam Fire-engines: Including the Running, Care and ...

Stephen Roper - 1889 - 422 pages
...quantity of fluid displaced by the part immerged is equal to the weight of the whole body. And 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 immerged. The specific gravities of equal solids...
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A Practical Work-shop Companion for Tin, Sheet-iron, and Copper-plate Workers

Leroy J. Blinn - 1891 - 358 pages
...quantity of fluid displaced by the part immersed is equal to the weight of the whole body. And 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. The specific gravities of equal solids...
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The Life and Opinions of John Buncle, Esquire

Thomas Amory - 1904 - 496 pages
...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. Thi specific gravity of a body is the weight of it, when the bulk i given ; thirty-eight grains...
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The Life and Opinions of John Buncle, Esquire

Thomas Amory - 1904 - 484 pages
...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. The specific gravity of a body is the weight of it, when the bulk is given ; thirty-eight grains...
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Calendar

University of St. Andrews - 1904 - 790 pages
...depth below the surface. 13. If a body float freely in a fluid, prove that its volume is to that of the fluid displaced as the specific gravity of the fluid is to that of the body. A closed cubical vessel 1 inch thick is to be made of material whose specific gravity is 27/19,...
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Parliamentary Papers, Volume 19

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1861 - 588 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...
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