London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 236
en off, the weight also beginsto lower into the watei, and thus reduce its own preponderanceby an amount equal to the difference between its weight in airand in water. It will be observed that the forces are arranged symmetricallyon both sides of the disk, or wheel (a), so as to produce equalstress…
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