 | William Nicholson - Astronomy - 1787 - 412 pages
...is, to weigh the fame fubftance in different fluids ; and becaufe the diminution it fuffers in weight is equal to the weight of a quantity ' 'of the fluid of the fame bulk, we thence obtain ' the weights of equal quantities of different fluids, and the fpecific... | |
 | John Imison - 1796 - 476 pages
...be confide red as equally prefled on all fides. 15. Every folid immerfed in a fluid, lofes fo much of its weight, as is equal to the weight of a quantity of that fluid of the fame dimenfion with the folid. 1 6. The fluid acquires the weight the folid lofes.... | |
 | Thomas Hodson - Education - 1802 - 556 pages
...a body is immcrfed in a fluid that is fpecificaliy lighter than the body, the body lofes as rr.uch of its weight as is equal to the weight of a quantity of the fluid of the fame bulk or magnitude. 0 Therefore , the fpecific gravities of two bodies are as the abfolute gravities,... | |
 | David Steel - 1805 - 392 pages
...gravities. 7. 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. Hence, since the specific gravities are as the absolute gravities under the same bulk;... | |
 | Thomas Hodson - Arithmetic - 1806 - 488 pages
...When a body ii immerfed in a fluid that is fpecificalij lighter than the body, the body lofes as much of its weight as is equal to the weight of a quantity of the fluid of the fame bulk or magnitude. Therefore, the fpecific gravities of two bodies are as the abfolute gravities,... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Astronomy - 1815 - 686 pages
...body is placed, it is sustained by the fluid, and carried up with a force equal to the difference of the weight of a quantity of the fluid of the same bulk as the body, from the weight of the body ; there 4s therefore a force which continually acts equably... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 800 pages
...the fluid. XII. Л body sinks in a fluid specifically heavier, so far as Hint the weight of the body is equal to the weight of a quantity of the fluid of the same bulk ns the part immersed. Hence, as the specific gravity of the fluid, is to that of the body, so is the... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 356 pages
...nothing at all. 5. 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...therefore it weighs more in a lighter fluid than in a haavier one. The weight of a cubic foot of water is 1000 ounces, or <>".,','. avoirdupois , this, multiplied... | |
 | Miles Bland - Hydrostatics - 1824 - 380 pages
...fluid : and let W' = the loss of weight sustained by the body when the temperature is t, and therefore equal to the weight of a quantity of the fluid of the same magnitude with the body. But the magnitude of the body becomes M . {l -{-El}, which therefore is the... | |
 | Joseph Gwilt - Arches - 1826 - 146 pages
...water. But inasmuch as part of the pier is in most cases immersed in water, it thereby loses so much of its weight as is equal to the weight of a quantity of water, whose bulk is equal to that of the immersed part of the pier. To allow for this, let us suppose... | |
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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. 
