 | George Crabb - 1831 - 426 pages
...nothi ng at all. 5. A body immersed in a fluid, which is specincally'ligater than itself, loses so much of its weight as is equal to the weight of a quantity...weighs more in a lighter fluid than in a heavier one. A gallon of oil weighs 7J Ibs. A cubic foot of water 1000 oz. A pint of water 16 oz. WHE 387 States,... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1834 - 370 pages
...gravities. 8. A body specifically heavier than a fluid, loses as much of its weight, when immersed in it, as is equal to the weight of a quantity of the fluid of the same bulk or magnitude ; if the body be of equal density with the fluid, it loses all its weight, and requires... | |
 | Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - 1836 - 496 pages
...with which he was deservedly so delighted was this, "Every body plunged into a fluid loses as much of its weight as is equal to the weight of a quantity of the fluid equal in bulk to the body plunged in.'' This discovery furnished him with the method of determining... | |
 | Commissioners of National Education in Ireland - 1837 - 284 pages
...gravities. 8. A body specifically heavier than a fluid, loses as much of its weight, when immersed in it, as is equal to the weight of a quantity of the fluid of the same bulk or magnitude ; if the body be of equal density with the fluid, it loses all its weight, and requires... | |
 | Mechanics - 1837 - 350 pages
...magnitude of the immersed solid, w =: its weight, TO"= the weight lost by the pressure of the fluid, w' — the weight of a quantity of the fluid, of the same bulk as the solid body, s — the specific of the solid, and s' ~ the specific gravity of the fluid. Then,... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1840 - 262 pages
...power will be required to sustain the body in the fluid than out of it. Indeed, it will lose as much of its weight as is equal to the weight of a quantity of fluid of the same bulk. If a body is of the same specific gravity with the fluid, it loses all its... | |
 | 1841 - 956 pages
...with which he was deservedly so delighted was this, "Every body plunged into a fluid loses as much of its weight as is equal to the weight of a quantity of the fluid equal in bulk to the body plunged in." This discovery furnished him with the method of determining... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1846 - 628 pages
...with which he was so deservedly delighted was this : " Every body plunged into a fluid loses as much of its weight as is equal to the weight of a quantity of the fluid equal in bulk to the body plunged in." This discovery furnished him with the method of determining... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1846 - 254 pages
...power will be required to sustain the body in the fluid than out of it. Indeed, it will lose as much of its weight as is equal to the weight of a quantity of fluid of the same bulk. If the body is of the same specific gravity with the fluid, it loses all its... | |
 | Montroville Wilson Dickeson - 1860 - 324 pages
...but half as much as at the surface, and at the exact centre it would have no weight at all. 5. That 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 the quantity of the fluid displaced. STANDARD. Standard... | |
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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. 
