Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 137
2:; IS 2317. … [I - 1 , -r_ -- which is of such bulk and dimensions as just to fill the vessel a when introduced. The whole systemis first balanced by weights at the other end of the beam, and then c is immersed in water. Theequilibrium will be destroyed, and that the body c loses a portion of its weight equal to…
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