Gage, Alfred P. (Alfred Payson), 1836-1903, Fessenden, C · Toronto : W.J. Gage · leaf 98
5. Next suspend a block of wood that will float in theliquid, and weigh it in air. Then float it upon the liquid, and weighthe liquid displaced as before, and it will be found that the weight ofthe liquid displaced is just equal to the weight of the block in air. Hence, a floating mass displaces… … Experiment 6. Next, partiallyAll with water a glass (Fig. 67)graduated in cubic centimeters andfractions of the same. Note the levelof the water. Drop one of the solids into the water, and note againthe level of the water. The diflorence between the two levels is thenumber of cubic centimeters of…
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