Merchant, F. W. (Francis Walter), 1855-1937, Chant, Clarence Augustus, 1865-1956 · Toronto : Copp Clark · leaf 127
umed ? 130. Buoyancy of Gases. If we consider the cause ofbuoyancy we must recognize that Archimedes principle appliesto gases as well as to liquids. If a hollow metal or glass globeA (Fig. 145), suspended from one end of a short balance beamand counterpoised by a small weight B at the other end,… … A gas, like a liquid, exerts on any body innnersed in it, a buoyant force which is equal to the weight of the gas displaced by the Fio. ws.-Buoy^ncy ^ody. If a body is lighter than the weight °^ ^ of the air equal in volume to itself, it will rise in the air, just as a cork, let free at the bottom…
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