Research and Report on Archimedes' Discovery that the volume of an irregularly shaped solid object can be determined by mearsuring the volume of water it displaces.
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Archimedes found how to measure an irregular objects volume by Hieron (king of Syracus) wanted to know if his crown was made of gold? So Archimedes wanted to melt it but the king said no. He found another way in a public bath. As he got in he noticed that the water rised and by measuring the overflow he found that the volume-the amount of space a thing occupies-of the spilled water was equal to the volume of his body under water.He realized he could determine the gold content of the crown by measuring the water it would displace against the amount of water displaced by a lump of gold weighing the same as the crown. The crown and lump of gold would each displace the same amount of water if the crown were solid gold. If the crown contained silver, it would displace more water, since the volume of a weight of silver is greater than the volume of the same weight of gold. With this discovery, Archimedes leaped from his bath and in his excitement raced naked down the street toward his home, shouting "EUREKA! I have found it!"
Archimedes is known for his mathmatical work. He proved that an object plunged into a liquid becomes lighter by an amount equal to the weight of the liquid it displaces. it is a popular tradition that Archimedes made his discovery when he walked in the bathtub, and then as a celebration, he ran through the streets shouting "Eureka!"
Archimedes found out the rule of displacement while stepping into his full bath,says the legend.He realized that when he stepped in, the water ran over and equaled in volume that submerged part of his body.He proved this when King Hieron II of Syracuse using his principle of buoyancy suspected his solid gold crown was partly made of silver. Then Archeimedes took two pieces of pure gold and of pure silver that had weighed identical to the weight of the crown.He then immerses the gold, the silver,and the crown in a container filled to the brim with water and measured the volume of water that overflowed with each material.He found that the crown displaced more water than the gold but less than the silver.Proving his theory.
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Archimedes found how to measure an irregular objects volume by Hieron (king of Syracus) wanted to know if his crown was made of gold? So Archimedes wanted to melt it but the king said no. He found another way in a public bath. As he got in he noticed that the water rised and by measuring the overflow he found that the volume-the amount of space a thing occupies-of the spilled water was equal to the volume of his body under water.He realized he could determine the gold content of the crown by measuring the water it would displace against the amount of water displaced by a lump of gold weighing the same as the crown. The crown and lump of gold would each displace the same amount of water if the crown were solid gold. If the crown contained silver, it would displace more water, since the volume of a weight of silver is greater than the volume of the same weight of gold. With this discovery, Archimedes leaped from his bath and in his excitement raced naked down the street toward his home, shouting "EUREKA! I have found it!"
Archimedes is known for his mathmatical work. He proved that an object plunged into a liquid becomes lighter by an amount equal to the weight of the liquid it displaces. it is a popular tradition that Archimedes made his discovery when he walked in the bathtub, and then as a celebration, he ran through the streets shouting "Eureka!"
Archimedes found out the rule of displacement while stepping into his full bath,says the legend.He realized that when he stepped in, the water ran over and equaled in volume that submerged part of his body.He proved this when King Hieron II of Syracuse using his principle of buoyancy suspected his solid gold crown was partly made of silver. Then Archeimedes took two pieces of pure gold and of pure silver that had weighed identical to the weight of the crown.He then immerses the gold, the silver,and the crown in a container filled to the brim with water and measured the volume of water that overflowed with each material.He found that the crown displaced more water than the gold but less than the silver.Proving his theory.
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