A natural philosophy : embracing the most recent discoveries in the various branches of physics, and exhibiting the application of scientific principles in everyday life .. (1899)
Quackenbos, G. P. (George Payn), 1826-1881 · New York, Cincinnati [etc.], American book company · leaf 145
y immersed in water is together, arrange themselves ? Give an example. Why does cream rise on milk ?What use do the negroes in the West Indies make of this principle ? 324. What issaid of the specific gravity of gases ? Why does smoke rise? Hoav does hydrogencompare with air in specific gravity ?… … SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF LIQUIDS. 141 buoyed up, and loses as much weight as the water it dis-places weighs. A boy can bring up from the bottom of a pond a heavy stone which hecould not lift on land. In raising a bucket from a well, we find it becomeheavier the moment it leaves the water. In each case,…
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