 | William Whewell - 1837 - 226 pagine
...base and 5 miles high. 5 x 5280 63 x 5 x 110 W = 63 x X .00125 = 144. 3 X 800 = 14 pounds. * PROP. XX. When a body of uniform density floats on a fluid, the part immersed is to the whole body as the specific gravity of the body is to the specific gravity of the fluid. For... | |
 | Mechanics - 1837 - 350 pagine
...its base, m — the magnitude of the entire solid GACBH, m'mthe magnitude of the immersed part, s — the specific gravity of the body, *' — the specific gravity of the fluid, and x = ci, the axis of that portion of the body, which in a state of equilibrium, remains above the... | |
 | John Charles Snowball - 1838 - 114 pagine
...7. If M be the magnitude of a body, fl its specific gravity, and W its weight, W = MS. 15. Prop. 8. When a body of uniform density floats on a fluid,...gravity of the body : the specific gravity of the fluid. 16. Prop. 9. When a body is immersed in a fluid, the weight lost : whole weight of the body :: the... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 902 pagine
...body. Consequently, if W be the weight of a body in air, W its weight in water, or any other fluid, S the specific gravity of the body, « the specific gravity of the fluid, we shall have W - W: W :: «:S; whence W S := — — —, s = the specific gravity of the body, and... | |
 | Cambridge univ, exam. papers - 1847 - 40 pagine
...mercury as 6 : 68. 9. Explain the hydrostatic paradox. 10. When a body of uniform density floats in a fluid, the part immersed : the whole body :: the...gravity of the body : the specific gravity of the fluid. The specific gravity of a block of elm being -671, what portion of it will be immersed when it floats... | |
 | University of Cambridge - 1849 - 560 pagine
...Prop. 7. If M be the magnitude of a body, S its specific gravity, and IF its weight, W = MS. Prop. 8. When a body of uniform density floats on a fluid,...gravity of the body : the specific gravity of the fluid. Prop. 9. When a body is immersed in a fluid, the weight lost : whole weight of the hody :: the specific... | |
 | Cambridge univ, exam. papers - 1856 - 200 pagine
...pressure at the bottom is to the pressure at the top as 3 to 2. 8. Explain the hydrostatic paradox. 9. When a body of uniform density floats on a fluid,...gravity of the body : the specific gravity of the fluid. Find the specific gravity of a material such that a cylinder formed of it four inches long floats in... | |
 | Cambridge univ, exam. papers - 1856 - 252 pagine
...? 7. The surface of every fluid at rest is horizontal. 8. When a body of uniform density floats in a fluid, the part immersed : the whole body :: the...gravity of the body : the specific gravity of the fluid. The specific gravity of mercury is 13'5 and that of aluminium ia 2'6, how deep will a cubic inch of... | |
 | University of Cambridge - 1864 - 694 pagine
...Prop. 7. If M be the magnitude of a body, S its specific gravity, and W its weight, W = MS. Prop. 8. When a body of uniform density floats on a fluid,...gravity of the body : the specific gravity of the fluid. Prop. 9. When a body is immersed in fluid, the weight lost : whole weight of the body :: the specific... | |
 | Thomas Lund - 1864 - 188 pagine
...must be added to a quantity of sea water, that the Specific Gravity of the compound may bo T009 ? 9. When a body of uniform density floats on a fluid, the part immersed is to the whole body as the Specific Gravity of the body is to the Specific Gravity of the fluid. A... | |
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Prop. 8. When a body of uniform density floats on a fluid, the part immersed : the whole body :: the specific gravity of the body : the specific gravity of the fluid. 
