Stewart, Balfour, 1828-1887 · Toronto : James Campbell · leaf 26
a solid is that itinsists upon keeping not only a certain space or sizefor itself, but also a certain fig-ure or shape. * Experiment 7.—In fig. 4 you have two vessels ofdifferent shapes, but of the same size. And if OF SOLIDS.] PHYSICS. i*j you exactly fill the one wifh water and pour it into… … Fig. 4. You see now what is meant by space or size 01;volume (for the three words mean the same thing),and what by figure or shape. Now, you cannot takea solid which has the shape of the one bottle andforce it into the shape of the other, although the sizeor volume of both is the same; nor can you…
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