International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, Pa. : The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 387
eds the downward pressure by theweight of a volume of water equal to theFig. 169. volume of the body. This excess of upward pressure over the downward pres-sure acts against gravity;consequently, t/ a bodybe immersed in a fin id,it ivill lose in weightan amount equal to theweight of the fluid it… … 376 HYDROMECHANICS. From one scale-pan, suspend a hollow cylinder of metal /,and below that a solid cylinder a of the same size as the hol-low part of the upper cylinder. Put weights in the otherscale-pan until they exactly balance the two cylinders. If abe immersed in water, the scale-pan…
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