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Definition of Law of Archimedes
1. Noun. (hydrostatics) the apparent loss in weight of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid.
Generic synonyms: Law, Law Of Nature
Category relationships: Hydrostatics
Lexicographical Neighbors of Law Of Archimedes
Literary usage of Law of Archimedes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Physics by George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill (1900)
"law of Archimedes. 72. Buoyant Force. It is easier to lift a stone under water
than in air. If we place a piece of wood under water it will rise to the ..."
2. A Laboratory Course in Physics of the Household to Accompany Lynde's Physics by Carleton John Lynde (1919)
"law of Archimedes. To verify the law of Archimedes for bodies that sink in water
and for bodies that float on water. FIG. 10. Apparatus used to illustrate ..."
3. A Laboratory Course in Physics of the Household to Accompany Lynde's Physics by Carleton John Lynde (1919)
"law of Archimedes. To verify the law of Archimedes for bodies that sink in water
... Apparatus used to illustrate the law of Archimedes. Twelve-quart pail. ..."
4. Pharmaceutical and Chemical Problems and Exercises in Metrology, Percentage by Oscar Oldberg (1892)
"law of Archimedes :—A body suspended in any fluid is buoyed up by that fluid with
a force equal to the weight of its own volume of the fluid. 597. ..."
5. Experimental Physics by Eugene Lommel (1899)
"law of Archimedes.—If a right cylinder with horizontal ends (ABCD, Fig. 61) be
immersed in a liquid, every particle BF of its surfaces is exposed to. a ..."
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