The hydrostaticks; : or, The weight, force, and pressure of fluid bodies made evident by physical, and sensible experiments, together with some miscellany observations, the last whereof is a short history of coal, and of all the common and proper accidents thereof, a subject never treated of before. (1672)
Sinclair, George, d. 1696 · Edinburgh : Printed by George Swintoun, James Glen, and Thomas Brown · leaf 186
t of the man.whomI fuppofe to weigh 224 pound, or 14 ftone. I anfwer%the whole weight of the man is not to be deduced fromthe foot-ftool, but the one half only ^ and thereafonis,becaufe amansbodybeingof the fame fpecifick and na-*tural weight with Water, \t cannot preponderat or weighin VVaterY… … i6o i^pDK %&tita\mpztimmt3. muft weigh, thats invironed with Air. This may feema plaufible anfwer,and might do much to fatisfy thefe, thatare not very inquifitive, yet, being examined, it will befound unfufficient. Therefore, I fay, theres not one part_of the mans bodyT thatjveighs wit hin the…
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