 | Thomas Weston (Master of the Academy at Grenwich.) - 1729 - 460 páginas
...demonftrated, That A BODY fpecifitally heavier than WATER, weighs lefs in WATER, than it does in the AIR, by the Weight of as much WATER. as is equal in Bulk to the given Boor. Whence, » ( Whence, if we wou'd know what any given Sulk or Quantity of any one of the... | |
 | Robert Boyle - 1738 - 964 páginas
...heavy enough to fink it ; and ob-1 fervethe weight of the aggregate in water. This done, fubftracT: the weight of as much water as is equal in bulk to the wax, and proceed as is before taught. But this method helps us only to the weight of the propofed body... | |
 | Thomas Amory - 1766 - 558 páginas
...lofes the weight of an equal bulk of air: It weighs only 36 grains in the water, and there it lofes the weight of as much water, as is equal in bulk, to itfelf, that is, 2 grains, and as the gold weighs 38 grains, it follows, that the weight of water is... | |
 | Richard Helsham - 1767 - 458 páginas
...counterpoifed, be immerfed in water ; upon the immerfion it will become lighter, fuppofe by 200 grains, which is the weight of as much water as is equal in bulk to the cylinder ; for a cylindrical veffel, juft large enough to contain the cylinder, being hung at one end... | |
 | George Adams - 1794 - 606 páginas
...fhallow as to prevent one from ftriking freely ; for whatever is the depth of the water, a man lofes the weight of as much water as is equal in bulk to 'his own body; for which rcafon, fhallow water will buoy him up with as great force as deep water.... | |
 | Richard Helsham - 1802 - 500 páginas
...counterpoifed, be immerfed in water ; upon the immerfion it will become lighter, fuppofe by 200 grains, which is the weight of as much water as is equal in bulk to the cylinder ; for a cylindrical veflel, juft large enough to contain the cylinder, being hung at one end... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1815 - 680 páginas
...the box ? Charles. Till the weight of the copper and box, taken together, is something greater than the weight of as much water as is equal in bulk to the box. father. You understand, then, the reason why boats, barges, and other vessels, swim on water i... | |
 | 1832 - 354 páginas
...specifically heavier or lighter than water. — An. ED. loses by immersion be ascertained ; this will be the weight of as much water as is equal in bulk to the heavier solid. If this loss of weight be subtracted from the loss sustained by the combined masses,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 344 páginas
...itself. It is not easier to swim in deep than in shallow water ; for whatever is the depth, a man loses the weight of as much water as is equal in bulk to his own body ; for which reason, shallow water will buoy him up with as great force as deep water.... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 370 páginas
...itself. It is not easier to swim in deep than in shallow water ; for whatever is the depth, a man loses the weight of as much water as is equal in bulk to his own body ; for which reason, shallow water will buoy him up with as great force as deep water.... | |
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Subtract the loss of the heavy body weighed by itself in water, previously known, from the loss sustained by the combined solids. The remainder will be the weight of as much water as is equal in bulk to the lighter body. 
