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[Phys-L] Re: Eureka!



Thanks Scott for the URL of the very informative site in this regard.
So, indeed his Eureka was not for the discovery of buoyancy....probably
that came later. This story probably belongs to the same category as
- Newton discovery of gravity from the apple incident
- Galileo's experiment with large and small balls from the top of the

Tower of Pisa
- Kelkule discovering ring structure of benzene molecule from his
dream
of a snake biting its own tail
- others???

~Hasan Fakhruddin


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Subject: Re: Eureka!

One of the best jokes ever passed down.
A naked man running through the streets yelling 'I found it'.
Would the neighbors immediately presume a major bit of scientific
insight has been achieved or perhaps something else.

but more useful

<http://www.math.nyu.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/Crown/CrownIntro.html>

Scott




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Scott Goelzer
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Northwood NH 03261
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On Dec 4, 2005, at 8:42 PM, Fakhruddin, Hasan wrote:

Hi!
A questions about the famous story of Archimedes and the King's crown:

What exactly did Archimedes discover when he jumped into and out of
the bath tub? Did he discover he could find volume by displacement
method and hence the density of the crown or buoyancy or both? If
he discovered buoyancy I don't see how he could figure out how to
find density using buoyancy in a split second? What's the exact
story? Thanks,

~Hasan Fakhruddin
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