Bartlett, W. H. C. (William Holms Chambers), 1804-1893 · New York : Barnes · leaf 544
hich so much water is admitted into the in- description; terior of the body as to make itsmean density a little less than thatof the water in which it is to float.Being thus adjusted, the figure isimmersed in a wide-mouthed glassvessel, over which a piece of blad-der or sheet of india-rubber is… … 540 NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. explanation ofthe motion. duced will be exerted upon the water, which will be forcedby it through the tube 6, the mean density of the figurewill be increased, and it will sink to the bottom; on re-moving the finger, the air above the water as well as thatin the figure, being…
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