Allen, Charles Ricketson, 1862- [from old catalog] · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 202
nt,Slide the weight along un-til it balances A, and noteits distance from the sup-port S. Bring a vessel ofwater under A, and whenA is completely submerged,and clear of the sides andbottom of the vessel, moveB until it balances it again, and note its distance from S.You have now the data for… … 190 DYNAMICS. In EXPERIMENT 2. Apparatus.-Long spiral spring; meter-stick; clamp; body whoset> r specific gravity is to be deter- mined ; vessel of water; stringor wire. Object.—To determine thespecific gravity of a solid body.Manipulation. — Notelength of spring, with sus-pended wire only…
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