. The Family tutor . NATURAL SPECIFIC GRAVITY :~conti7iued from page 128. vJ^A^^ri^ ^?^*- ? ^°^^i,^ ^^^^ ^^*° t^o ^egio^^s : one is immersed m theliquid and the rest is lu the air The part which is immersed under the surface of the liquid IS such as displaces a quantity of that liquid as is pre-cisely equal in weight to the floating solid. This may be provedexpenmentaHy. FiH a glass, A, with water until it rSns offthrough the spout, a, then immerse in it a floating body, suchas a wooden ban; the baU will displace a quantity of waterwhich, if It be coHected in the receiver, B, and

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. The Family tutor . NATURAL SPECIFIC GRAVITY :~conti7iued from page 128. vJ^A^^ri^ ^?^*- ? ^°^^i,^ ^^^^ ^^*° t^o ^egio^^s : one is immersed m theliquid and the rest is lu the air The part which is immersed under the surface of the liquid IS such as displaces a quantity of that liquid as is pre-cisely equal in weight to the floating solid. This may be provedexpenmentaHy. FiH a glass, A, with water until it rSns offthrough the spout, a, then immerse in it a floating body, suchas a wooden ban; the baU will displace a quantity of waterwhich, if It be coHected in the receiver, B, and weighedwill be found precisely equal to the weight of the any fluid, a solid body will therefore sink to a depthFig. 76 I . f ,f ^f.^^^ .^« ^\ specific gravity more nearly approaches /„ . /^^^ °^ *^^ ^^^^^^^ As soon as the two are equal, the solid becomes wholly immersed. ^ In fluids of different densities any floating body sinks deeper in that which has thesmallest density It will be recollected that these are the principl

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