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Archimedes: I.D.s Gold

By Janice VanCleave

Art from Aryaman's website https://aryamanpanda.wordpress.com/2015/09/20/density-and-buoyancy/

Before the Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes (C.287-212 B.C.), nobody knew why some things float and others don’t. It is said that Archimedes’ king gave a silversmith a certain amount of gold to make him a new crown. When the crown was finished, the king asked Archimedes to figure out a way to secretly decide […]

Filed Under: Physics Tagged With: Archimedes, buoyancy, density, displacement, volume

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