American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 6Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... sink , if its specific gravity be greater than that of the fluid ; if less , it will rise to the surface : if the gravities be equal , the body will remain in what- ever part of the fluid it may be placed.- But in the case adverted to ...
... sink , if its specific gravity be greater than that of the fluid ; if less , it will rise to the surface : if the gravities be equal , the body will remain in what- ever part of the fluid it may be placed.- But in the case adverted to ...
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