Merchant, F. W. (Francis Walter), 1855-1937, Chant, Clarence Augustus, 1865-1956 · Toronto : Copp Clark · leaf 127
ed ? 130. Buoyancy of Gases. If we consider the cause ofbuoyancy we must recognize that Archimedes principle appliesto gases as well as to liquids. If a hollow metal or glass globeA (Fig. 14-5), suspended from one end of a short balance beamand counterpoised by a small weight B at the other end, is… … A gas, like a liquid, exerts on any body immersed in it, a buoj^ant force which is equal to the w^eight of the gas displaced by the Fig. i45.-Buoyancy body. If a body is lighter than the weiglit ° •■ of the air equal in volume to itself, it will rise in the air, just as a cork, let free at the…
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