Bartlett, W. H. C. (William Holms Chambers), 1804-1893 · New York : Barnes · leaf 533
y, to keep it uprightwhen immersed in a fluid. The appli-cation and use of the scale dependupon this, that a body floating on thesurface of different liquids, will sinkdeeper and deeper, in proportion asthe density of the fluid approachesthat of the body; for when the bodyis at rest its weight and… … conditions ofequilibrium; gVD = gVD; in which g denotes the force of gravity, the first memberthe weight of the instrument, and the second that of the MECHANICS OF FLUIDS. 529 displaced fluid. Dividing both members by D7, andomitting the common factor g, we have J) y ratio of densities ■jTj = _ .…
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