Mathematical elements of natural philosophy, confirm'd by experiments : or, An introduction to Sir Isaac Newton's philosophy (1747)
Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's, 1688-1742, Desaguliers, J. T. (John Theophilus), 1683-1744, tr, Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL, John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) BRL · London : Printed for W. Innys, T. Longman and T. Shewell, C. Hitch ..., and M. Senex ... · leaf 548
are horizontal in the above-mentioned Situation of theMachine. Small Leaden Balls are put into the Ball G, till the Surface ofthe Water reaches one of the Circles, Then the- Weight is deter-mined which would make the next Divifion come to the Surfaceof the Water; if, by putting in Leaden Balls,… … -^^Chap. 4. of NaiuraiPhilofophy. x^ In N. 1506. and 1507, confirmed by ]Exper. 9, and 10. we 1518.have feen, how a Body heavier than a Fluid is fuftained by it, anddoes, as it were, float; by a like Method a Body lighter than aFluid may be kept at the Bottom ; in that Cafe the PrelTure of…
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