Recreations in science and natural philosophy (1844)
Ozanam, Jacques, 1640-1717. n 93006101, Montucla, Jean Etienne, 1725-1799. n 85800222, Hutton, Charles, 1737-1823. n 84160398, Riddle, Edward, 1788-1854. no2004015425 · London : Thomas Tegg · leaf 695
MEMNON’s bTATUE, 677 Fig. '28. One of the faces of the pedestal must he so thin as … former is left to itself; but n must preponderate when the former loses a part of its weight by floating in the water : this combination will not be attended with much difficulty. In the last place, the axis k l supports a barrel, some inches in diameter, and a few inches in length, implanted with…
Scientific recreations
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